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[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Depreciation of gold standard was necessary.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

the consolidation of neoliberalism

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Man I fucking hate this goldbug conspiracy bullshit site.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago