They print themselves money. If that's easy, then go do it. Everyone else on the planet is trying to figure that out. These are the ones that figured out how to get militaries to back them up, while convincing those militaries they shouldn't simply use their overwhelming force to take those printing presses.
Apparently that's not easy or everyone would be doing it.
The rich elite are not smart; they are greedy and lend money with usury. It doesn't take too much brains to be a loan shark.
It's kind of crappy that these are the sorts of people that end up running things under capitalism.
They print themselves money. If that's easy, then go do it. Everyone else on the planet is trying to figure that out. These are the ones that figured out how to get militaries to back them up, while convincing those militaries they shouldn't simply use their overwhelming force to take those printing presses.
Apparently that's not easy or everyone would be doing it.