THE SECRET DEAL THAT MADE AMERICA RICH (And Everyone Else Poor)
In 1944, 44 countries signed a deal at Bretton Woods.
Only ONE got insanely rich.
Most have never heard of it.
But it's why America became a superpower... and your money loses value yearly.
Why it was rigged from the start.
JULY 1944: THE MEETING THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING
WWII ending. Europe & Asia in ruins.
America untouched, holding ~75% of world gold.
730 delegates from 44 nations meet in Bretton Woods, NH
Goal: New global money system
America wrote the rules.
THE DEAL
- USD = world reserve currency
- Other currencies pegged to dollar
- USA promises: Dollars → gold at $35/oz
World thought it fair. Dollars "as good as gold."
But America could PRINT dollars.
World HAD to accept them.
Biggest economic cheat code ever.
✅ Oil? Need dollars.
✅ Trade? Dollars.
✅ Rebuild? Dollars.
World addicted to dollars only America could create.
"Exorbitant privilege":
- Print for wars/deficits
- Run endless deficits
- Export inflation
Others WORK for dollars. America prints.
But fatal flaw (Triffin, 1960s):
To supply dollars, USA must run deficits.
More printing = less gold backing.
System forced overspending... doomed to collapse.
1960s–1971: WORLD WAKES UP
France's de Gaulle: "They're printing more than gold backs!"
Demands thousands of tons gold back.
Germany, Japan, Switzerland follow.
US gold drains. Caught cheating.
AUGUST 15, 1971: NIXON BREAKS IT
On TV: "Closing gold window."
No more dollar-to-gold.
Unilaterally ends Bretton Woods.
World holds dollars backed by NOTHING.
Insane part? Dollar STILL reserve currency.
Why? Trapped.
Oil, trade, debt—all in dollars.
Bretton Woods gave America the money printer.
They've printed TRILLIONS since.
Every print:
✅ Savings devalue
✅ Inflation rises
✅ Life gets expensive
You're paying for their privilege.
System never ended—got worse.
Now backed by "faith" alone.
Faith cracking.
In 1944, 44 nations handed America the printer.
Everyone else got inflation.
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