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The menu on the Titanic from the day that it hit the iceberg. (lemmy.world)

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[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Damn, I'm trying to imagine being a poor, uneducated person in an area where that's the money system. They probably got screwed over all the time because of its complication.

If you don't know basic arithmetic and you rarely see higher-value money, it wouldn't be hard to get swindled. All it would take is somebody convincingly claiming that the value of whatever coins you're giving them is ≥ the value of the coins/cash they're giving you.

Hell, people still do that today. (cough Trump coin cough)