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Donger-Lord2 7 points ago +8 / -1

I vaguely remember reading about some POTUS that fucked it over around 50 years ago. All the trouble it could've saved us if we had just 1776d them.

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fegeline 10 points ago +10 / -0

Same shit in 1929 during the great depression and the bank runs where people found out that their hard earned metals was no longer there. That the banks had literally scammed them. Why didn't we hang those bankers back then? Sending a message to future banks or similar solution that fractional reserve scams ain't ok.

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Donger-Lord2 4 points ago +4 / -0

That’s what happens when a sitting President lets them get away with it. Not only that, that said sitting President encourages it and launches the campaign to confiscate all the gold.

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PieceOfParchment7 4 points ago +4 / -0

People are scared of losing what little they have.