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It's a problem you encounter because money is just an abstraction for real world conditions and resources. I think people forget that. Printing more money doesn't make your country magically have more resources. It doesn't manufacture tanks for you or vanquish your enemies.
I still remember the picture from the history book where in Germany between ww1 and ww2 they were burning bank notes for warmth because inflation made the currency almost completely worthless.
Yes, they are definitely trying to have the cake and eating it at the same time.