Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agoThe $20 USD bill is the new 5$ billmessage-squaremessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down127file-text
arrow-up1111arrow-down1message-squareThe $20 USD bill is the new 5$ billSomeonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square65fedilinkfile-text
Prices have inflated so much over the past 10 years that a $20 bill buys as much as $5 did back then.
minus-squarebrooke592@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down11·edit-26 hours agoBecoming dependent on fiat currency was one of the dumbest things the boomer generation did to us. They really loved giving as much power as possible to as few people as possible, for some reason.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 hours agoExactly. I carry two pounds of gold nuggets in my ass. For emergencies.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours ago fiat currency You got that from a sovereign citizen weirdo, didn’t ya?
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 minutes agoCommon talking point among the crypto community.
minus-squareAbundance114@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·3 hours agoI don’t think it was as direct of a choice as it was a slow sinking into inevitability. And did any boomer really have a choice for Nixon to NOT close the gold window?
Becoming dependent on fiat currency was one of the dumbest things the boomer generation did to us.
They really loved giving as much power as possible to as few people as possible, for some reason.
Exactly.
I carry two pounds of gold nuggets in my ass. For emergencies.
You got that from a sovereign citizen weirdo, didn’t ya?
Common talking point among the crypto community.
I don’t think it was as direct of a choice as it was a slow sinking into inevitability.
And did any boomer really have a choice for Nixon to NOT close the gold window?