Riba fiat money isn’t a harmless “make-believe game.” Let’s not be blasé about it. It’s a coercive regime that redistributes wealth, fuels boom bust cycles, and drives war. And “playing to win” usually means being close to the spigot of the institution of riba: banks. A Faustian pact. Fiat money once held value because it was redeemable for a scarce commodity (gold). It’s not voluntary pretending; it’s state coercion (legal tender + taxes) that compels acceptance. Fiat issuance (increasing the money supply / printing money) is “legalized counterfeiting” , the dilution of fiat purchasing power (adding water to milk) and that’s what you unfortunately contribute to when you ask a bank to lend you money in order to buy a house. Ofcourse, the main benefactors of new riba money are (government, commercial banks, politicians) at the expense of ordinary plebs like you and me (later receivers of the money / Cantillon effect), who are forced by law to hold fiat currencies.

Riba credit expansion by banks distorts the free market, misleads entrepreneurs with twisted price signals, inflates bubbles (the housing bubble being the prime example, with its bloated and ridiculous house prices), and reduces the purchasing power of the fiat money we are forced to hold. This leads to more inflation, higher prices (food,fuel etc…), and more time spent working just to afford a decent living and getting into more riba debt. Eventually, it causes recessions when the artificial boom collapses. Then the only thing nation states do is beg the lenders of last resort (central banks) for more riba money, which just kicks the can further down the riba road ballooning national debt that our grandchildren will have to repay through higher taxes.

Look at what socialist Bashar al-Assad did to Syria through riba maxxing (printing money) like a good goy in order to fund war against his people. He destroyed the purchasing power of the Syrian pound, and ordinary Syrians are still suffering the consequences.

How do you think the ethnostate of Israel (started by socialist / communist jews) is primarily funded? If you’re a Muslim, don’t normalize the riba system given what Allah has said in the Qur’an regarding it. If you study the history of usury/interest, you’ll see how closely it is linked to war financing. That’s when this verse from the Qur’an hits harder: “O believers, be mindful of Allah and give up whatever remains of interest that is owed to you, if you truly have faith. But if you refuse, then know that Allah and His Messenger declare war against you. Yet if you repent, you are entitled only to your original capital. So you will neither wrong others, nor be wronged.”

Quran | Chapter 2 | Verses 278 – 279