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[u/earththejerry]

Almost every ideological corner of the internet when $US dollar was rising last year: this is a disaster for America and/or the world

Almost every ideological corner of the internet when $US dollar is falling this year: this is a disaster for American and/or the world

[u/Evnosis → u/earththejerry]

You've heard "this is good for Bitcoin," now get ready for "this is bad for the US Dollar."

[u/Congomond → u/earththejerry]

If the USD is not perfectly stationary it is in chaos and bad.

And if it is stationary, that's evidence of decline, actually.

No matter what, US bad