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C00p | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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The fun bit will be when the interest on the debt is the most expensive single item
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C00p | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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My favorite part of the chart is towards the end when the deficit is going up and revenue goes down. Nothing to see here keep it moving
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Sir Viber Ph.D, M.D. | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @440af60e @986565cf the fact the deficit is on the top side of the chart was slightly confusing to me at first. 

Overall, it's clear we have just entered a new phase of fucked. 

But I've finally learned that it could take a lot longer than I expect to crumble. Interested to see just how bad things can get.
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C00p | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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That's what everyone says. It can go on way longer than anyone thinks. It could also collapse over night. People don't handle exponents well. If we keep going people will be learning what quadrillion means shortly
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Sir Viber Ph.D, M.D. | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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My big lesson for covid was just how long and how much shit people can get used to. It was like a slow as molasses shit hitting the fan, even in the beginning, when even the conspiracy theorists were hedging for the possibility of bad. 

Now, because the economic collapse is not a super immediate event (even less than a theoretical pandemic), I'm assuming we will see our standards of living degrade in slow motion and we will have plenty of warnings as we fall to 2nd world. 

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