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   inflationary. Spending money because saving it is pointless is a   
   self-fulfilling prophecy. But Weimar was more than wheelbarrows of   
   devalued money: it was an era drenched in a deep cynicism and   
   foreboding, and nihilism (financial or otherwise) was rampant.   
      
   This brings us to the sudden strangeness of the moment. Underneath the   
   glittering digital panacea of food delivery apps and instant   
   friction-less tap-to-pay everything, and despite the familiar signposts   
   of American life, lies an economic system now operating under very   
   different premises.   
      
   ANALYSIS   
      
   --   
   "The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of   
   doubt, while the stupid people are full of confidence.” —Charles Bukowski   
      
   "When guns are outlawed, only foreign invaders and the government   
   officials that invited them in will have guns."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)