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How is it possible that the HackerNews crowd isn’t aware of US sanctions?

• imtringued 5y ago
  That would ruin the "government incompetence caused hyperinflation" narrative because people want to laugh, be smug and feel superior. If people knew that e.g. the Weimar Republik hyperinflation was caused by external factors like war reparations then they would have to understand that hyperinflation is more than just "printing money".
  • tim333 5y ago
    There have been major sanctions since 2017 while "Inflation rates became the highest in the world in 2014 under Nicolás Maduro, and continued to increase in the following years"