> I hear the only thing that makes the US a super-power is that commodities are priced in USD. The US government does benefit from the US dollar being a reserv

> I hear the only thing that makes the US a super-power is that commodities are priced in USD. The US government does benefit from the US dollar being a reserve currency. But to say US supremacy is the result of pricing commodities in US dollar is a particularly bizzare take. How was the Soviet Union also a super power?