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by everybodyknows 2812 days ago
Okay ... but who is "they"? A few individual, grey-haired heads, filled with the history of similar fiascos, did think of consequences:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Monetary_Union

But the levers of political power were, then as now, in hands guided not by stale history, but by fresh opportunity for self-advancement.

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> but who is "they"?

Everyone involved.