A simple thread in which we eliminate poverty in America, build the economy, and ensure Democrats are re-elected, by admitting money is pretend. — Written by Gabrielle Blair, Designer, Mother-of-six, and Twitter’s Premiere Economist. 1/

Premise 1: Our country has enough money to solve every issue we have. More than enough money. Not exaggerating.

Example: If America was attacked today and went to war, our military would immediately have access to unlimited (unlimited!) amounts of money to fund the war. 2/

Premise 2: The National Debt is meaningless. New research particular to our country, shows that increasing or paying down the debt doesn’t really matter. And no politician actually cares about the national debt. They are lying if they say they do.

Premise 3: Everyone likes money. I mean everybody. The wealthiest people in our country who quite literally have more money than they could spend in a thousand lifetimes, have bizarrely spent the pandemic laser-focused on what? On getting MORE money.

It’s not just rich people who like money. In Sapiens, Harari discusses how money drove collaboration and trade between differing cultures. Communities who hate each other are willing to overcome moral repugnance for the “other” for financial benefit.