"Who was going to buy US Treasury bonds if even the Chinese were dumping them?" - Narrator (The Mandibles, Ch 4)
The Fed. The Fed is always the buyer of last resort. Until it can't be. 💀
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"The rules are made up. And once everyone realizes the rules are made up, they stop playing." - Lowell (The Mandibles, Ch 5)
Game over. Start a new game. ₿
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"This is what we've been headed toward my whole life. I'm surprised it took this long." - Avery (The Mandibles, Ch 4)
The unsustainable can't be sustained forever. 📉
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"The Federal Reserve could always make more money. That's all it did. Photocopying." - Narrator (The Mandibles, Ch 3)
Central banking in one sentence. 🖨️
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"The one advantage of a world gone to hell was that you didn't have to read the newspaper anymore." - Willing (The Mandibles, Ch 5)
Silver linings. 🌤️
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"The economy had always been a magic trick, a Ponzi scheme, smoke and mirrors. As long as you maintained the confidence, the trick worked." - Lowell (The Mandibles, Ch 5)
Until one day it doesn't. Opt out. #Bitcoin
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"Transferring dollars abroad was now illegal. The president had signed an executive order just the night before." - Narrator (The Mandibles, Ch 3)
"Temporary measures" that last forever. Study history. 🚫
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"Money used to be this discreet, dignified thing. Now it's garish and hysterical." - Florence (The Mandibles, Ch 4)
Welcome to late-stage fiat. 🎪
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"The United States is the only country that gets to print what everybody else uses for money." - Douglas (The Mandibles, Ch 3)
Exorbitant privilege. For now. ⏳
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"It's going to be fucking chaos. You have to realize, this is the modern equivalent of the fall of the Roman Empire." - Brendan (The Mandibles, Ch 1)
History doesn't repeat, but it rhymes. SPQR → USD. 🏛️
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"Fiat currency is just a piece of paper that costs four cents to print. It has only the value that people believe it has, and maintaining that belief is a confidence game." - Lowell (The Mandibles, Ch 2)
The longest-running con in history. Exit the casino. #Bitcoin
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"The Fed had never run out of ink. The digits were imaginary, so you could always add more zeros." - Narrator (The Mandibles, Ch 1)
Money printer goes BRRR. Always has, always will. Until it doesn't. 💸
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"I swear, I read newspapers front to back for years... most of which I've forgotten, hasn't made the slightest difference. I wish I had the time back, frankly." - Florence (The Mandibles, Ch 1)
Doomscrolling: still not worth it. 📱
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"The edgy gaiety was etched with a keen awareness that to the best of their abilities they should mask an exhilaration they would come to regret. The tone came down to: this is fun now, and it won't be later." - The newscasters (The Mandibles, Ch 1)
CNBC energy when the printer finally breaks. 📉 #economics
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"There was nothing astonishing about things not working, about things falling apart. Failure and decay were the world's natural state. What was astonishing was anything that worked as intended, for any duration whatsoever." - Willing (The Mandibles, Ch 1)
Still true in 2026. Your phone charged today? Miracle. ⚡
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"We should move 'our investments' out of the country—right away, today. We should transfer any cash into a foreign currency, and get out of any, quote, 'dollar-denominated assets.'" - Brendan (The Mandibles, Ch 1)
Your neighbor trying to orange-pill you in 2029. Should've listened in 2024. #Bitcoin
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"Money is emotional. Because all value is subjective, money is worth what people feel it's worth... Economics is closer to religion than science." - Lowell (The Mandibles, Ch 2)
Fiat gonna fiat. #Bitcoin fixes this.
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"They were wiping their asses with dollar bills now. Not metaphorically." - Narrator (The Mandibles, Ch 5)
The final stage. Zimbabwe. Weimar. Venezuela. USA? 🧻
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"First rule of economics: people respond to incentives. Second rule: the rules don't apply when the rules don't work anymore." - Lowell (The Mandibles, Ch 5)
Checkmate. 🏁
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"The people who saw it coming and got out early were called 'lucky.' The people who stayed were called 'victims.'" - Willing (The Mandibles, Ch 2)
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. 🎯
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