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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: very stable genius ✶  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Crypto Capital
Date: 08/02/24 6:29 PM
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A question for the board:

At what price did you first decide that Tulip Bulbs had no value?

Were you right or were you wrong?

Tulip Bulbs provide a utility, they are beautiful and some are quite rare. They can be a store of value. If you want and like the utility they offer you have to buy Tulip Bulbs to get it.
If more people buy Tulip Bulbs the prices go up. That certainly was the case and there was a multi-year year track record supporting that assumption. What is so hard to understand? I don't get it.
Or is it something else? You're so vested in the USD you attack anything that competes with it? After all, it must be evil if its adoption is contrary to your perceived personal interests.

The silly one with poor reading comprehension, and an affinity for Tulip Bulbs!

investopedia.com - Dutch tulip bulb market bubble
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