> I am surprised the US isn't doing more to broker a treaty of some sort purely in an effort to lower inflation Personally I'm glad we're not. Some things are

> I am surprised the US isn't doing more to broker a treaty of some sort purely in an effort to lower inflation Personally I'm glad we're not. Some things are more important than making as much money as possible, and democracy/self-determination is one of them. It's a terrible message to send if you say that democracy is important, unless you manage to hurt our economy then we'll support anything that gets us back to the status quo growth trajectory. I know that might be controversial and I'm certainly not suggesting that the US is consistent in it's application of these ideals, but at least today it's nice to see us not immediately roll over once there start being 2nd- and 3rd-order economic impacts.