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[–] HomebrewHedonist@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When they start to tell us there's no problem, there's a problem. The US dollar is in decline as the world currency. Too much debt by the US is making other countries nervous to hold too much of their dollars.

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The USD as the world reserve currency has propped up the USA for decades. If/when that is no longer the case, the US is in for a serious reality check.

One of the never mentioned things about the Iraq war was that Iraq had announced it would sell its oil without the use of the USD a few months before.

[–] deft@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago

bay of pigs, Venezuela, etc

[–] I_annoy_you@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

they certainly used influence better than how china would.