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gsovereignty | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 For the same reason bretton woods crushed gold
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spooncastle | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 They crushed dollar not gold
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gsovereignty | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 And yet everyone has been using the dollar for trade and saving the dollar on their balance sheets since 1945...
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spooncastle | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 did the world stopped using gold?
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gsovereignty | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 When was the last time you paid for something with gold?