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One day the USA is gonna start getting slapped with sanctions for all the stuff it does. I don’t think they’re prepared for that.

m12k 6y ago
Absolutely, the world should not tolerate aggression or deceitfulness like that from any country. Oh, I nearly forgot about Russia's polonium poisoning in the UK, and the massive state-funded doping program for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics where the majority of Russian athletes were doped. It really does feel like the past 7 years, Putin has really been testing the limits of what he can get away with, and sadly the answer so far is "as much backstabbing as he wants". Time for that to change
koheripbal 6y ago
That would take the USD falling from world currency reserve status - which would be the end of modern finance. That kind of economic collapse would make sanctions irrelevant.
- dannyw 6y ago
  That’s hyperbole. The USD has been losing its power as a reserve currency, continuously, for the past several decades. See: Yuan. Modern finance still exists.
  - chii 6y ago
    tell me who wants to hold yuan as a currency (not just a little bit for liquidity of trading), instead of holding USD.
    - sudosysgen 6y ago
      The hundreds of millions sanctioned by the US are a good start.
    - lebuffon 6y ago
      Not so much now perhaps but a digital Yuan exists. Where that is headed is not clear but it has the possibility of disrupting the current order.
theflyinghorse 6y ago
US is a hegemony and the strongest nation in every respect. Who would dare slap sanctions on US without being retaliated upon? Consider the Nord Stream[1] for instance - Russians and Germans want it, US does not want it so Nord Stream is dead in the water (literally in this case). There is not a nation on this planet that could so much as think of sanctioning US and come out ahead. 1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_Stream https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_Stream

m12k 6y ago

Absolutely, the world should not tolerate aggression or deceitfulness like that from any country. Oh, I nearly forgot about Russia's polonium poisoning in the UK, and the massive state-funded doping program for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics where the majority of Russian athletes were doped. It really does feel like the past 7 years, Putin has really been testing the limits of what he can get away with, and sadly the answer so far is "as much backstabbing as he wants". Time for that to change

koheripbal 6y ago

That would take the USD falling from world currency reserve status - which would be the end of modern finance. That kind of economic collapse would make sanctions irrelevant.

dannyw 6y ago
That’s hyperbole. The USD has been losing its power as a reserve currency, continuously, for the past several decades. See: Yuan. Modern finance still exists.
- chii 6y ago
  tell me who wants to hold yuan as a currency (not just a little bit for liquidity of trading), instead of holding USD.
  - sudosysgen 6y ago
    The hundreds of millions sanctioned by the US are a good start.
  - lebuffon 6y ago
    Not so much now perhaps but a digital Yuan exists. Where that is headed is not clear but it has the possibility of disrupting the current order.

theflyinghorse 6y ago

US is a hegemony and the strongest nation in every respect. Who would dare slap sanctions on US without being retaliated upon? Consider the Nord Stream[1] for instance - Russians and Germans want it, US does not want it so Nord Stream is dead in the water (literally in this case). There is not a nation on this planet that could so much as think of sanctioning US and come out ahead. 1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_Stream https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_Stream