Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoThe $20 USD bill is the new 5$ billmessage-squaremessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1196arrow-down134file-text
arrow-up1162arrow-down1message-squareThe $20 USD bill is the new 5$ billSomeonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square93fedilinkfile-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-up10arrow-down11·edit-22 months 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-up7·2 months agoExactly. I carry two pounds of gold nuggets in my ass. For emergencies.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months ago fiat currency You got that from a sovereign citizen weirdo, didn’t ya?
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoCommon talking point among the crypto community.
minus-squareAbundance114@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·2 months 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.
Gold (silver) bugs too.
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?