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Re:El Salvador to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender by stickfigure on Sunday June 06, 2021 @02:48AM (#27411291)
> 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.

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Re:El Salvador to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender by imtringued on Sunday June 06, 2021 @09:09AM (#27412906)
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.
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Re:El Salvador to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender by TMWNN on Sunday June 06, 2021 @05:47PM (#27416651)
Indeed. http://imgur.com/a/VdQdD
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