"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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"GOVERNMENT DELAYS REVEALING GROCERY PRICES TO PREVENT 'DISORDER'" - Headline (The Mandibles, Ch 5)
When the numbers get too scary, just hide them. 🙈
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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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"The rules are made up. And once everyone realizes the rules are made up, they stop playing." - Lowell (The Mandibles, Ch 5)
Game over. Start a new game. ₿
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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 Federal Reserve could always make more money. That's all it did. Photocopying." - Narrator (The Mandibles, Ch 3)
Central banking in one sentence. 🖨️
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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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"The economy had always been a magic trick, a Ponzi scheme, smoke and mirrors. As long as you maintained the confidence, the trick worked." - Lowell (The Mandibles, Ch 5)
Until one day it doesn't. Opt out. #Bitcoin
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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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"Money used to be this discreet, dignified thing. Now it's garish and hysterical." - Florence (The Mandibles, Ch 4)
Welcome to late-stage fiat. 🎪
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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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"I swear, I read newspapers front to back for years... most of which I've forgotten, hasn't made the slightest difference. I wish I had the time back, frankly." - Florence (The Mandibles, Ch 1)
Doomscrolling: still not worth it. 📱
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"The edgy gaiety was etched with a keen awareness that to the best of their abilities they should mask an exhilaration they would come to regret. The tone came down to: this is fun now, and it won't be later." - The newscasters (The Mandibles, Ch 1)
CNBC energy when the printer finally breaks. 📉 #economics
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"We should move 'our investments' out of the country—right away, today. We should transfer any cash into a foreign currency, and get out of any, quote, 'dollar-denominated assets.'" - Brendan (The Mandibles, Ch 1)
Your neighbor trying to orange-pill you in 2029. Should've listened in 2024. #Bitcoin
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"We should move 'our investments' out of the country—right away, today. We should transfer any cash into a foreign currency, and get out of any, quote, 'dollar-denominated assets.'" - Brendan (The Mandibles, Ch 1)
Your neighbor trying to orange-pill you in 2029. Should've listened in 2024. #Bitcoin
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"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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"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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