Daniel to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 8 months agoIf you could go back in time and do, or bring, one thing to mess up the timeline what would it be?message-square110fedilinkarrow-up1102
arrow-up1102message-squareIf you could go back in time and do, or bring, one thing to mess up the timeline what would it be?Daniel to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square110fedilink
minus-square@tetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilink3•edit-28 months agoThe main turning point was 1971, as referenced by the website (https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/). Nixon was the president then, and the main force was that the economy was decoupled from the gold standard Edit: president
minus-square@TheBeege@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•edit-28 months agoIt makes me sad the site seems to be pushing crypto. Or maybe it’s that crypto bros keep referencing the event? Chicken and egg? I dunno
minus-square@imaqtpie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink4•8 months agoNah that was Nixon. If RFK had been elected, withdrawn from Vietnam earlier and not been corrupt, things may have gone differently
minus-square@tetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilink3•8 months agoMy brain goofed, I knew that. Thanks for the correction!
The main turning point was 1971, as referenced by the website (https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/).
Nixon was the president then, and the main force was that the economy was decoupled from the gold standard
Edit: president
It makes me sad the site seems to be pushing crypto. Or maybe it’s that crypto bros keep referencing the event? Chicken and egg? I dunno
Nah that was Nixon. If RFK had been elected, withdrawn from Vietnam earlier and not been corrupt, things may have gone differently
My brain goofed, I knew that. Thanks for the correction!