To be more specific, fractional-reserve banking system creates this giant pyramid scheme, not capitalism per se.

Is that it? I've been trying to figuring it for quite a while and it seems so obvious after you said it. I do know that bolds and all caps being used for emphasis, never thought about that italics in the same light, or, I supposed, soft emphasis.

Thanks!!

Many reasons! Here are a few:

• Understand technical materials better and faster. (Primary)
• Not missing out English conversations in my country.
• Defending myself in English arguments.

I wish my English were as good as my Mandarin. Have been practicing on Reddit for more than a year and have improved a lot since then! But still lack some basic language sense and find it challenging to express abstract concepts precisely and concisely.

ps: hmm... lemmy.world server kind of unstable