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The carpet matches the curtains.
Keep in mind that as weird as it may sound, illicit cash trade run by alphabet agencies (and others) can function as a tool of monetary policy.
It can be used (for example) to help soak up liquidity.
It doesn’t necessarily just fund their ‘black ops’.
Expansion of the following can be ‘deflationary’, i.e. soak up cash:
1) drug trafficking
2) human trafficking
3) body parts/organ trafficking
4) illegal prostitution
5) illegal pornography
6) weapons
7) anything else you can think of that spooks trade in (both tangible and intangible)
We have seen a massive increase in this type of activity in recent years.