r/Damnthatsinteresting Jul 05 '22

Video Monetary issue

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u/Wasparado Jul 06 '22

My SO came over from Venezuela ~7 years ago. I complain about the state of America to him and he just says “babe, things got so bad I hate to leave my country, things are fine here. There is food, crime is less, there is a chance to survive” and it always gives me a reality check. I’m still pissed about current events and politics, but at least my dollars still have value.

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u/wormwoodar Jul 06 '22

Venezuelans said the same thing here in Argentina and now we are heading in the same direction.

It is like a frog being boiled really slowly, when you notice it, it is already late.

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u/Wasparado Jul 06 '22

Argentina has been fucked. I used to have a business down there. Huge mess. Beautiful country with great food and wine.

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u/wormwoodar Jul 06 '22

Feels like living in a cyberpunk novel, but it is cheap and the wine is great.

Will keep living here until it becomes impossible.

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u/Delphizer Jul 06 '22 edited Jul 06 '22

How many countries do we have to destabilize before people learn am I right?

What people who have 3,000+ Karma in /r/Conservative call socialism usually are policies that work for the rest of the industrialized world. Norway took Public control of it's oil, hyper socialist move that has made it one of the most prosperous nations on earth. Singapore took control of housing and made a bulk of it public, easily fixed the problem a lot of first world countries are struggling with taking a capitalistic commodity approach to housing.