And yet countries get sanctioned, coup-ed or invaded when they threaten the petrodollar. The military enforces the petrodollar, which makes the USD the world’s

And yet countries get sanctioned, coup-ed or invaded when they threaten the petrodollar. The military enforces the petrodollar, which makes the USD the world’s reserve currency. That means the US can take advantage of extremely low prices on all imports to placate a large portion of the population, while still extracting vast profits from the rest of the world through export of capital at extortionate interest rates. US domestic production besides military, oil or banks is almost negligible.