countefeiting and fiat money?

kyryll

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i've been watching all these films about u.s. money, and how the federal reserve basically prints it out of thin air

so the question: why is it illegal to counterfeit money?
other than it's just a written law, aren't the counterfeiters doing exactly the same thing as the federal reserve?

same goes for all other countries that use fiat money that is backed by nothing - why is it illegal to print that money on your own?
 
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