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[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

You know, if what everything Midas touches turns to gold because he wants to have as much wealth as possible, then eventually the value of gold diminishes and become worthless because there is too much gold circulating. He would have just crashed the economy!

[–] grue@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

Mansa Musa be like:

[–] Redex68@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That depends on the size of the economy and whether he uses his power responsibly. If he just sells as much gold as he needs then that won't cause much devaluation of it.

[–] Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm sure some people would've loved having a full gold suit of armor