"They were wiping their asses with dollar bills now. Not metaphorically." - Narrator (The Mandibles, Ch 5)
The final stage. Zimbabwe. Weimar. Venezuela. USA? 🧻
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"The people who saw it coming and got out early were called 'lucky.' The people who stayed were called 'victims.'" - Willing (The Mandibles, Ch 2)
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. 🎯
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"The people who saw it coming and got out early were called 'lucky.' The people who stayed were called 'victims.'" - Willing (The Mandibles, Ch 2)
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. 🎯
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"What good's a country if the money's no good?" - Goog (The Mandibles, Ch 5)
Out of the mouths of babes. 👶
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"What good's a country if the money's no good?" - Goog (The Mandibles, Ch 5)
Out of the mouths of babes. 👶
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"The United States government is insolvent. We're bust. Finished. All those Treasury bonds are wallpaper." - Mateo (The Mandibles, Ch 4)
Math doesn't care about your feelings. 🧮
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"The United States government is insolvent. We're bust. Finished. All those Treasury bonds are wallpaper." - Mateo (The Mandibles, Ch 4)
Math doesn't care about your feelings. 🧮
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"Who was going to buy US Treasury bonds if even the Chinese were dumping them?" - Narrator (The Mandibles, Ch 4)
The Fed. The Fed is always the buyer of last resort. Until it can't be. 💀
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"This is what we've been headed toward my whole life. I'm surprised it took this long." - Avery (The Mandibles, Ch 4)
The unsustainable can't be sustained forever. 📉
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"The one advantage of a world gone to hell was that you didn't have to read the newspaper anymore." - Willing (The Mandibles, Ch 5)
Silver linings. 🌤️
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"Transferring dollars abroad was now illegal. The president had signed an executive order just the night before." - Narrator (The Mandibles, Ch 3)
"Temporary measures" that last forever. Study history. 🚫
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"The United States is the only country that gets to print what everybody else uses for money." - Douglas (The Mandibles, Ch 3)
Exorbitant privilege. For now. ⏳
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"The United States is the only country that gets to print what everybody else uses for money." - Douglas (The Mandibles, Ch 3)
Exorbitant privilege. For now. ⏳
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"It's going to be fucking chaos. You have to realize, this is the modern equivalent of the fall of the Roman Empire." - Brendan (The Mandibles, Ch 1)
History doesn't repeat, but it rhymes. SPQR → USD. 🏛️
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"Fiat currency is just a piece of paper that costs four cents to print. It has only the value that people believe it has, and maintaining that belief is a confidence game." - Lowell (The Mandibles, Ch 2)
The longest-running con in history. Exit the casino. #Bitcoin
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"The Fed had never run out of ink. The digits were imaginary, so you could always add more zeros." - Narrator (The Mandibles, Ch 1)
Money printer goes BRRR. Always has, always will. Until it doesn't. 💸
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