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I suspect you are being down-voted because most people are not familiar with currency controls, hyperinflation and price controls.

The Argentinian peso is not worth the paper it's printed on.

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I guess that people in US and other big countries with strong currencies don't really understand that there are smaller fiat currencies and these are actually used. I wonder how often you have to convert your USD even when traveling, last time I was visiting Africa I remember most just accepted USD or euros directly even though the countries had their own local currencies.

I'm tired of pointing this and getting downvoted into oblivion. Most negative comments come from privileged people living in Western Europe or the western US. You can even guess which is which from the timestamp.

In the end it is a soft family-friendly version of "stop being poor".

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