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[-] foobaz@lemmy.world 28 points 6 months ago
[-] TootSweet@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago

Wait, wtfhappenedin1971.com doesn't answer the question? Damn.

[-] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Which is weird because it's a really easy to point to a bunch of things that happened.

Namely

  1. Ending the gold standard (probably biggest one)
  2. NASDAQ

Fast trading of Fiat? Recipe for disaster

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

Depreciation of gold standard was necessary.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

the consolidation of neoliberalism

[-] RustyShackleford@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago

Infinite growth at the cost of a habitable planet is good. Corporations are people and need to last forever. Sociopathy is rewarded.

It's not enough that I have a lot, everyone else has to have a lot less. Forever.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago
[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Man I fucking hate this goldbug conspiracy bullshit site.

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