The insane thing here: the _financial_ cost of the war in afghanistan, which lasted deacdes and involved hundreds of thousands of people, and logistical operations spanning the globe, is less than the amount of money we printed in 2020.
https://www.newsweek.com/how-much-did-war-afghanistan-cost-1...
Talk about 'reality being optional' - in the financial markets, it still very much is optional
https://www.thepullrequest.com/p/we-are-no-longer-a-serious-...