Ah, yes. That button defaults the country on its debts.

What? Why is that even there?

shrug. It probably had something to do with the gold standard? No one’s really sure why it’s set up like this.

Am I understanding this correctly? You push this button, and the global reserve currency defaults on its debts. That will cause untold calamity in the global economy, possibly throwing the entire thing into total depression.

Yeah.

And you can just let anyone in the legislative body push this?

Yeah, I mean, kinda. You have to kinda want to push it.

WHY would ANYONE want to push that?

shrug. I don’t think anyone who wants to push it really understands what will happen. They don’t seem to believe that the nation and it’s economy can crash. Or maybe they think their position and power insulates them from it? Like somehow they’re not part of the economy? No one’s really sure why. Some of them just really seem to want to.

Then why don’t you get rid of it?

Can’t. The people who want to push it keep the system going that allows it to exist.

And they’re a legislative body, right? Don’t they understand pushing it will probably harm the people they represent?

Well like I said, they either don’t understand what the button does, or they don’t care.

This is all baffling to me. It feels like we’re being held hostage by people who can be entertained by jingling your keys in front them. Toddlers. People with profound neurological problems. What the fuck is going on?

shrug. I don’t know, man. It’s above my pay grade. They, look, I gotta take a leak. Can you watch the button got a minute? Remember, don’t let anyone push it unless they have the proper paperwork. If you’re going to destroy the economy, it’s gotta be done right. Be right back, man.