• knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml
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    8 months ago

    The extraordinary privilege of the US dollar has only existed since about 1970, and yet apparently that's been long enough that nobody can even imagine nor remember a world where there isn't one hegemonic currency ruling the globe.

    • RedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]
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      8 months ago

      yet apparently that's been long enough that nobody can even imagine

      That's your reality unless you were born in the 50s.

      • knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml
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        8 months ago

        Yes of course, but it's not like we don't have history. People are also quite interested in people, places, and events which long predate their own birth.