TL;DR —
In 52 years, the purchasing power of the US dollar has dropped by -87.4%. To maintain your purchasing power, you would have had to find an investment that would allow you to transform that $1,000 from 1971 into $7,452. The current system is flawed and not fixable.
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Bitcoiner. Freedom Maximalist. Author of "The Truth About Bitcoin". Editor, In Bitcoin We Trust Newsletter.
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