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[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It's backed by the full faith and credit of the US government. And personally, I do not have very much faith in the US government and have not had much faith in it for a very long time. The other thing that backs it is the barrel of a gun, which they will point at you if you do not wish to use it.

[–] Yeller_king@reddthat.com 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

See, I have quite a lot of faith that their guns work.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

True, but at least in the United States, we have the Second Amendment for a reason, and they know that.