set 1 week ago

"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. 📉 The Mandibles, by Lionel Shriver. Purchase the book!

set 1 week ago

"The Federal Reserve could always make more money. That's all it did. Photocopying." - Narrator (The Mandibles, Ch 3) Central banking in one sentence. 🖨️ The Mandibles, by Lionel Shriver. Purchase the book!

set 1 week ago

"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. 🌤️ The Mandibles, by Lionel Shriver. Purchase the book!

set 1 week ago

"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 The Mandibles, by Lionel Shriver. Purchase the book!

set 1 week ago

"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. 🚫 The Mandibles, by Lionel Shriver. Purchase the book!

set 1 week ago

"Money used to be this discreet, dignified thing. Now it's garish and hysterical." - Florence (The Mandibles, Ch 4) Welcome to late-stage fiat. 🎪 The Mandibles, by Lionel Shriver. Purchase the book!

set 1 week ago

"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. ⏳ The Mandibles, by Lionel Shriver. Purchase the book!

set 1 week ago

"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. 🏛️ The Mandibles, by Lionel Shriver. Purchase the book!

set 1 week ago

"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 The Mandibles, by Lionel Shriver. Purchase the book!

set 1 week ago

"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. 💸 The Mandibles, by Lionel Shriver. Purchase the book!

set 2 weeks ago

"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. 📱 The Mandibles, by Lionel Shriver. Purchase the book!

set 2 weeks ago

"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 The Mandibles, by Lionel Shriver. Purchase the book!

set 2 weeks ago

"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 The Mandibles, by Lionel Shriver. Purchase the book!

set 2 weeks ago

"They were wiping their asses with dollar bills now. Not metaphorically." - Narrator (The Mandibles, Ch 5) The final stage. Zimbabwe. Weimar. Venezuela. USA? 🧻 The Mandibles, by Lionel Shriver. Purchase the book!

set 2 weeks ago

"First rule of economics: people respond to incentives. Second rule: the rules don't apply when the rules don't work anymore." - Lowell (The Mandibles, Ch 5) Checkmate. 🏁 The Mandibles, by Lionel Shriver. Purchase the book!

set 2 weeks ago

"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. 🎯 The Mandibles, by Lionel Shriver. Purchase the book!

set 3 weeks ago

"Every transaction was tracked. The government knew what you bought, when you bought it, and how much you paid." - Narrator (The Mandibles, Ch 5) Prelude to confiscation. They always know before they take. 👁️ The Mandibles, by Lionel Shriver. Purchase the book!

set 3 weeks ago

"What good's a country if the money's no good?" - Goog (The Mandibles, Ch 5) Out of the mouths of babes. 👶 The Mandibles, by Lionel Shriver. Purchase the book!

set 3 weeks ago

"Your government spent your future to pay for its present. It's theft. Generational theft." - Florence (The Mandibles, Ch 4) Boomers got the party. You get the bill. 🎉💸 The Mandibles, by Lionel Shriver. Purchase the book!

set 3 weeks ago

"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. 🧮 The Mandibles, by Lionel Shriver. Purchase the book!