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KurtOverley's avatar

Fascinating thesis: bad money —> bad behavior

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Author John G. Dyer's avatar

In one sentence, when all hope is lost, men become beasts. Sure. I can see it

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Richard Morchoe's avatar

I do bring this up everywhere and have even done so elsewhere today:

As a boy, in the early 1950s, I had a severe addiction to m&ms. a bag for a a nickel had a good amount. I am lucky that passion has passed as now one cannot afford to become pre-diabetic.

The trend is even starker than the Titanic's iceberg.

Will it be Trump, or a successor who brings out Diocletian's Decree of Commanded Cheapness?

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