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Trotsky's support of the Gold Standard
Tyler Smith
Ryder Barnes
Holy fuck I haven't seen that image for like a full year or so.
William Smith
An oil crash did the Soviet Union in.
Eli Jones
Gorbachev liberalizing the economy and the government finding itself in the absolute shitter with debt from opportunistic officials and attempting to tax vodka out of existence might have had an effect too user.
Kayden Roberts
Didn't he support it as a means to counter inflation the USSR was dealing with at the time?
Samuel Myers
The USSR was at its most powerful when oil was dirt cheap. The oil price spike happened as it stagnated, ergo high oil prices destroyed the USSR.
Jose Foster
Why the fuck does it seem like every leftist government is averse to building self-sustaining energy infrastructure and economic diversification whenever oil is a significant industry in their country?
Isaiah Hughes
Russia is one of the world's largest oil producers comrade.
Jayden Smith
TIE CURRENCY TO LABOR AND DESTROY IT UPON EXCHANGE
REEEEEEEEE
Ayden Lopez
Backing your currency with something like gold reserves or oil is retarded as it allows both domestic and foreign capitalist speculators to float and dump the value of your currency on a whim
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