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by jimclegg 2476 days ago
The change in monetary system caused a cascade of despair.

https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/
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jimclegg 2476 days ago
More specifically here is the incarceration rate change when the monetary system changed.

https://wtfhappenedin1971home.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/in...

PS. Don't downvote me if you don't know economics morons.

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jimclegg 2476 days ago
Something that isn't intuitive about our monetary shift is that as we debase the USD, we also debase the most desperate/marginalized of our population.

It is a feature of our system that is only accelerated by income inequality and labor price suppression.

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