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Re:Richard Stallman: We Can Do Better Than Bitcoin by na85 on Monday November 26, 2018 @08:30AM (#18533162)
Inflationary economies can survive in the long term, whereas the survivability of deflationary economies is not so clear.
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Re:Richard Stallman: We Can Do Better Than Bitcoin by mkirklions on Monday November 26, 2018 @10:01AM (#18533753)
>Inflationary economies can survive in the long term

Is this true? I only know western history, but between Rome and every successor state, inflation is a short term fix and usually leads to the end of a government and currency(over centuries)

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