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goobster  ·  2190 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Trump Fans Sink Savings Into ‘Iraqi Dinar’ Scam

I have a broad range of old Hungarian currency I collected when I lived there. Lovely notes; terrible story.

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The Iraqi Dinar thing is another example of people (Americans) falling for a simple story, without understanding the background/nuance.

Now, in Trumpistan, taking action on little information is lauded, regardless of the outcome. Every rush decision he and his followers have made, has failed to pan out in the end, and yet is trumpeted as another win.

This house of cards has a maximum height it can reach.

And the inevitable collapse will only further disenfranchise the gullible and credulous, who are almost universally already disadvantaged, or living in areas where "other options" simply don't exist.

The collapse is gonna be seriously ugly.