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		stickfigure on June 6, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: El Salvador to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender > Imagine what would happen if a government in a place like the Middle East or parts of Africa collapsed. The Zimbabweans that lost all of their savings to hyperinflation were literally counting the days until Mugabe's government collapsed.

imtringued on June 6, 2021 [–]

Technically it collapsed the moment land was forcibly repossessed because from that day on Zimbabwe could no longer feed itself. The government merely managed to survive longer than it should.

TMWNN on June 6, 2021 | [–]

Indeed. http://imgur.com/a/VdQdD

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