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Old 10-20-2020, 02:00 PM
Raev Raev is offline
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Originally Posted by Domo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
just checked Trumps twitter and I think got brain damage
Don't you think this post is rather low quality compared to those that surround it? Or are you just desperate to stir up more partisan anger?

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Originally Posted by Danth [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
I'd say it's our own fault, but it really isn't. Nobody asked FDR to take the dollar off the gold standard. Nobody asked Nixon to let it free float.
You aren't really wrong, but then, no one tried to stop them either. They couldn't do these things if they couldn't convince the public it was basically OK to do so.

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Originally Posted by Danth
now it's only a question of when the bottom gives out (played skillfully, they might kick that can down the road for many years)
They won't kick any more. The whole point of COVID is to distract everyone from the inevitable fiat collapse.

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Originally Posted by Danth
As I age I gradually accept that governments are much like the ecology of western North America: Either of them have to burn once in awhile to get rid of the rotten rubbish undergrowth and renew themselves.
The founders would have been shooting long ago. Modern men are enervated by chemicals and distracted by porn and, dare I say it, video games.