Funny how nobody ever asks what the word “debit” actually means.
It comes from Latin debitum —
“that which is owed.”
So when someone says,
“Don’t worry, I’ll pay with my debit card…”
they’re basically saying:
“I’ll pay you with the part of the bank’s ledger that represents what’s owed.”
Not value.
Not energy.
Just an IOU inside another IOU system.
Most never question it.
I just asked it tonight and had a good laugh.
When words in the system start revealing their origin,
the illusion becomes a little harder to hold onto.