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Victoria C. Woodhull: “And mathematics inform us that we are year by year mortgaging ourselves to European capitalists, who will ultimately…”

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And mathematics inform us that we are year by year mortgaging ourselves to European capitalists, who will ultimately step in and foreclose their mortgages, and possess themselves of our all, just as we foreclose our smaller mortgages, when there is no hope of a further increase from interest.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull explains the inevitability of losing national wealth to European creditors if current trends continue.

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