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When Spain took a fifth of mined treasure
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Through a legal mechanism known as the Quinto Real, the Spanish Crown claimed a flat twenty percent of all precious metals mined in its territories. This absolute shakedown funded massive global operations while simultaneously triggering catastrophic inflation that repeatedly bankrupted the state, proving that infinite money actually solves nothing.
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