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For one, they can stop feeding Microsoft and other American conglomerates and develop Free Software alternatives.

• dogma1138 9mo ago
  Ok, but that doesn’t answer the question how do you cash out on $8 trillion dollars and convert them into another currency.
  • bhouston 9mo ago
    India and China are buying gold: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/india-and-china-move-away-from-us-treasuries-as-gold-becomes-strategic-anchor/ar-AA1UzvRK?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/india-and-china-move.... Good time to be a gold bug.
    • nradov 9mo ago
      There's literally not enough gold in the world to make a difference at those scales. And while gold can serve as a (relatively) safe store of value, ultimately investors need to earn returns and holding gold has negative cash flow.
  • toomuchtodo 9mo ago
    You sell into the market and buy a replacement asset. Easy peasy. No need to sell all at once, you simply change your strategy to invest new capital elsewhere and slowly roll off existing debt ownership. Over time, the US will need to find someone willing to buy new US debt as existing buyers and holders invest elsewhere.