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>Hmm, I'm almost convincing myself that even us $ could eventually not last. So, I'll just take one of those job offers on hacker news that says we'll get you a
by devalgo 6y ago
>Hmm, I'm almost convincing myself that even us $ could eventually not last. So, I'll just take one of those job offers on hacker news that says we'll get you a visa to come to Amsterdam?
You realize that the world economy is inexorably linked to the US right? If there was such a devastating crash what makes you think the Eurozone would be stable? The UK left the EU and France nearly did, a massive wave of unrest could easily break the union up and the euro would be worse off than the dollar.
- NotSammyHagar 6y agoThe thing europe has is that covid-19 is under far more control. I don't see the us getting over our idiocy against masks and basic health care choices for a year, we'll need a lot more deaths to convince people. and some people will never get over it. A vaccine isn't coming that quickly either.
- devalgo 6y agoAgreed but that's also reason for the EU to continue blocking entry to Americans so that doesn't seem likely to change.
- NotSammyHagar 6y agoI can shelter in place for 14 days to get safe.
- taurath 6y agoYou say inexoribly linked, but I'm certainly willing to bet by the end of my lifetime the US will not even be in the #2 spot globally. Why can't the USD collapse? Lots of things that were unthinkable 6 months ago are common opinion today.
- devalgo 6y ago>by the end of my lifetime the US will not even be in the #2 spot globally Not sure this says what you think. Simple GDP growth math has India and China passing the US in a few decades so that's not even controversial. If you are suggesting some major calamity/collapse in the US that somehow doesn't impact the rest of the world, I would find that highly unlikely.
- taurath 6y agoThe US certainly doesn’t act like it will eventually not hold all the economic cards at the table, as long as I can remember.