>You will never be the impossibly wealthy king of an African

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>you will never be a warlord in Central Africa

HE

Really makes you think

>>76385213
who is this man?

>>76386012
Mansa Musa, tenth sultan of Mali and richest man in the history of the world. When he visited Cairo on a pilgrimage to Mecca he donated so much gold he caused inflation.

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>>76385213
>you will never have a harem of 1000 thicc imported women from around the world

>>76386077
>he donated so much gold he caused inflation
That's kind of awesome.
>you will never be so wealthy that the amount your are happy to give away is enough to lower the value of the recipient nation's economy.

That's like being so rich you can walk around throwing caviar at people for laughs.

Th-they wuz kangz?
Though I have to ask, were they only this way due to being a banana republic of sorts?

>>76385213
He also made he a lot of money from selling salt too.

>>76386434
I think at the time Mali was at least an okay nation.
They just had an asston of gold

>>76386434
His entire country was basically a gigantic gold mine with infinite slaves back when the value of gold was at its highest.

>>76386434
They didn't only rely on gold. They also sold salt, rice, slaves, iron, cattle and other stuff.

>>76386668
Why has the value of gold decreased?
Shouldn't it be higher now, considering its increased rarity?

didn't mansa musa literally just take trips around the world showing everybody his wealth?

>>76386819
Around the old world.
He made Egyptian, Venetian and Middle eastern economies crash.

>>76386791
It's because we have other resources that mean more and money isn't directly tied to valuables, whereas back then gold was one of the only things everyone agreed was important.

>>76386859
based as fuck

u made me sad OP

>>76385213
I'M A SIMPLE MAN SO I'M OK WITH ALL OF THAT GREENTEXT.

>>76385213
>ywn sell your fellow negroids into slavery like chattel
Why even live?