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> US economic dominance is about to go into hyperdrive Our biggest export is dollars. We accept ship loads of consumer goods and in exchange send the ships bac
by justinzollars 4y ago
> US economic dominance is about to go into hyperdrive
Our biggest export is dollars. We accept ship loads of consumer goods and in exchange send the ships back empty. What a deal.
- alchemist1e9 4y agoI have a hunch that’s exactly what it looked like for all past economic empires, no?
- edgyquant 4y agoWhich empires are those?
- alchemist1e9 4y agoRoman, Ottoman, British to name a few.
- justinzollars 4y agoIts actually a sweet deal. But yes. Spot on.
- fauxpause_ 4y agoSometimes full of trash
- pjc50 4y agoThis is in a thread about how people cannot afford MacBooks, which count as a "US export" because they are priced in dollars that go back to the US eventually.