This is a question worth serious consideration. If you put 1 USD in 1970 into today’s terms, its purchasing power is only 14 cents. No joke — a half-century of decline, shrinking by 86%. Even more astonishing, since the establishment of the Federal Reserve in 1913, the dollar’s purchasing power has evaporated by 97%. In other words, prices roughly double every 24 years, but most people's wages simply can't keep up.
This isn't a dramatic crash or panic headline. Instead, it's a silent, century-long "quiet bear market." Your cash is silently melting away at an average rate of 3% per year, like an ice cube slowly disappearing in the blazing sun. Nothing seems to happen, but when you open your wallet, you'll find your purchasing power constantly eroding.
Asset prices are becoming increasingly absurd, while wage growth slows down. Ordinary people save diligently but can never catch up with the rate of currency devaluation. This is the most covert and deadly enemy on the road to wealth.
The dollar is still called a "strong dollar," but its real value has long been eroded by inflation. Wealth is like sand in your palm — the tighter you grip, the faster it slips away. By the time most people realize it, they've already missed the golden window to protect their wealth.
The lesson of history is clear: there is no forever resilient fiat currency, only a continuously shrinking purchasing power. This "long bear market" of the dollar itself is what ordinary people truly need to be wary of.
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CountdownToBroke
· 01-01 23:06
The wallet that is tightening each year has been shrinking; it's about time to get on the crypto train.
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BearHugger
· 2025-12-31 19:52
Handshake, it's not too late to wake up now.
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ruggedNotShrugged
· 2025-12-31 19:51
Holding on to sand will only make it slip away faster. What is the real goal of still stubbornly clinging to the US dollar?
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YieldChaser
· 2025-12-31 19:48
Holding onto cash really can preserve value? Wake up, that's the most basic move.
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PositionPhobia
· 2025-12-31 19:37
The analogy of holding sand is brilliant; holding cash is like negative interest rates. It's about time to get into crypto.
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Is the US dollar really quietly "dying slowly"?
This is a question worth serious consideration. If you put 1 USD in 1970 into today’s terms, its purchasing power is only 14 cents. No joke — a half-century of decline, shrinking by 86%. Even more astonishing, since the establishment of the Federal Reserve in 1913, the dollar’s purchasing power has evaporated by 97%. In other words, prices roughly double every 24 years, but most people's wages simply can't keep up.
This isn't a dramatic crash or panic headline. Instead, it's a silent, century-long "quiet bear market." Your cash is silently melting away at an average rate of 3% per year, like an ice cube slowly disappearing in the blazing sun. Nothing seems to happen, but when you open your wallet, you'll find your purchasing power constantly eroding.
Asset prices are becoming increasingly absurd, while wage growth slows down. Ordinary people save diligently but can never catch up with the rate of currency devaluation. This is the most covert and deadly enemy on the road to wealth.
The dollar is still called a "strong dollar," but its real value has long been eroded by inflation. Wealth is like sand in your palm — the tighter you grip, the faster it slips away. By the time most people realize it, they've already missed the golden window to protect their wealth.
The lesson of history is clear: there is no forever resilient fiat currency, only a continuously shrinking purchasing power. This "long bear market" of the dollar itself is what ordinary people truly need to be wary of.