With the world's finances now in the open, what followed next was an even bigger downward trend, as the global financial markets crashed.
The world had four months to conduct house cleaning. But they realized four months was not enough time to clean up everything. The hidden liabilities and offshore accounts tangled together in complex webs. Lucidnet Finance displayed the actual numbers for everyone to see.
Citizens pulled out their phones and looked at the exact destination of their tax dollars. People walked out of their homes and marched in the streets of major capitals. They held digital signs displaying the real debt figures.
Governments tried to control the panic. They called emergency meetings inside secure bunkers. They froze banking networks and halted stock exchanges. The leaders realized they couldn't fix decades of hidden theft. Prime ministers and presidents sat in quiet rooms. They stared at red tickers on their screens. They watched their economies collapse.
