Daniel@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoIf you could go back in time and do, or bring, one thing to mess up the timeline what would it be?message-squaremessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down11
arrow-up199arrow-down1message-squareIf you could go back in time and do, or bring, one thing to mess up the timeline what would it be?Daniel@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square115fedilink
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year 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-squareimaqtpieAlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoNah that was Nixon. If RFK had been elected, withdrawn from Vietnam earlier and not been corrupt, things may have gone differently
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoMy brain goofed, I knew that. Thanks for the correction!
minus-squareTheBeege@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 year 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
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
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 If RFK had been elected, withdrawn from Vietnam earlier and not been corrupt, things may have gone differently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!
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