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WTF Happened In 1971? (wtfhappenedin1971.com)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by jaxiiruff@lemmy.zip to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

(kinda) A great website to share if you have no idea how to explain the downfall of the US economy.

Edit: Thanks to everyone who provided insight on this website. I've had this in my bookmarks for a very long time and was curious how it held up.

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[-] Krono@lemmy.today 53 points 11 months ago

Leftists: its deregulation and reagan and the destruction of labor unions and forever wars and wall street and the death of manufacturing and and and

Libertarians: "GOLD!"

[-] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 15 points 11 months ago

I'm kinda tired of seeing this fucking website being passed around. Several of those rocketing charts begin their launch sequence in the 80s. Must be the gold! Regulations are bad!

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Did you get a load of those interest rates …. In 3000BC?

[-] 3volver@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago
[-] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 15 points 11 months ago

Libertarians cannot handle the cognitive load of multiple contributing factors, otherwise they wouldn't be libertarians.

[-] orrk@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I had a libertarian try to explain how a corporation couldn't be evil because fire exists, needless to say, he never got the whole part about an idea not being the same as a rock

[-] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

It is so stupid. I wish they would get a clue.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world -3 points 11 months ago

No it's gold. Money printer goes brr is the root cause of almost all deregulation problems.

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