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> Major geopolitical failure by the US. Nah, soft power is out. Bluntly, if the Philippines strays too far from US interests, they can be strangled, first econ
by guzfip 7mo ago
> Major geopolitical failure by the US.
Nah, soft power is out. Bluntly, if the Philippines strays too far from US interests, they can be strangled, first economically, then militarily.
- lawgimenez 7mo agoOf course, that’s what US will do to its old allies.
- simmerup 7mo agoIf the Us keeps attacking its allies economically and militarily the petrodollar will crumble and those trillions of dollars of debt will start to be a heavy burden
- Henchman21 7mo agoSo it's all going to plan then?
- lostmsu 7mo agoIf dollar crumbles, the debt becomes lighter, no?
- simmerup 7mo agoTons of countries buy the dollar bond because it’s a safe bet. It’s how the world does finance. If that stops, then the world stops buying dollars. And then America has to start justifying why a printed dollar justifies buying an import from China or Europe of real valuable goods
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