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The article doesn’t mention it, but related is the global share of the US dollar as the reserve currency has been on a steady decline. Between that and the new

The article doesn’t mention it, but related is the global share of the US dollar as the reserve currency has been on a steady decline. Between that and the new payment structures discussed in this article we are rapidly approaching an era without American control on global financial systems. Which is a significant lever for soft power and non-military interventions

inference-god 3mo ago
Yeah, Americans will have to feel the same way as everyone else, basically not having access to unlimited credit. Have fun with it. At least the libs were owned though :)
- johnea 3mo ago
  Truly. "Make the libtards cry" Was enough of a hate monger campaign promise, to put the most blatantly corrupt president in US history, in office. The descent of the US population into abject idiocy has been striking.
  - archonis 3mo ago
    Smartphones in dumb pockets made it all possible.
    - johnea 3mo ago
      I think it almost doesn't matter what pockets 8-/ The routinely noted decline in US "educational achievement" correlates most closely, with the propagation in the school aged population, of "smartphones" and the algorithmic websites at which they're aimed. I've been saying lately: Apple caused the collapse of US educational outcomes.
      - archonis 3mo ago
        Apple certainly played a major part. The long distance culture war was enabled by long distance visibility. The whole 'own the libs' thing wouldn't have existed in an era where everybody wasn't paticipating in a medium that made non-local people extremely visible to one another.
    - superxpro12 3mo ago
      Smartphones did nothing. The "people" who manipulated the reality within them did. It's no surprise that conservative billionaires went on a massive left-leaning media buying spree... Washington Post, Twitter, CNN, etc etc etc.
      - soraminazuki 3mo ago
        No, we the tech industry are key enablers. For the past two decades, we were obsessed with refining the methods of mass-surveillance and manipulation. We've brought about tremendous harm to society and it's time to start taking accountability.
      - archonis 3mo ago
        >> Smartphones in dumb pockets made it all possible. >>> Smartphones did nothing. The "people" who manipulated the reality within them did. So those manipulations and their machinations weren't enabled by the existance of smarphones?
- DoesntMatter22 3mo ago
  There is always credit through printing money which all the world is soon going to have a reckoning over
innagadadavida 3mo ago
The Ukraine war accelerated this as US sanctioned Russian assets. Blowing up this system seems like a deliberate decision in part of US and not some accident. Gold prices have been going up as folks are hedging the dollar risk and it is expected to continue.

inference-god 3mo ago

Yeah, Americans will have to feel the same way as everyone else, basically not having access to unlimited credit. Have fun with it. At least the libs were owned though :)

johnea 3mo ago
Truly. "Make the libtards cry" Was enough of a hate monger campaign promise, to put the most blatantly corrupt president in US history, in office. The descent of the US population into abject idiocy has been striking.
- archonis 3mo ago
  Smartphones in dumb pockets made it all possible.
  - johnea 3mo ago
    I think it almost doesn't matter what pockets 8-/ The routinely noted decline in US "educational achievement" correlates most closely, with the propagation in the school aged population, of "smartphones" and the algorithmic websites at which they're aimed. I've been saying lately: Apple caused the collapse of US educational outcomes.
    - archonis 3mo ago
      Apple certainly played a major part. The long distance culture war was enabled by long distance visibility. The whole 'own the libs' thing wouldn't have existed in an era where everybody wasn't paticipating in a medium that made non-local people extremely visible to one another.
  - superxpro12 3mo ago
    Smartphones did nothing. The "people" who manipulated the reality within them did. It's no surprise that conservative billionaires went on a massive left-leaning media buying spree... Washington Post, Twitter, CNN, etc etc etc.
    - soraminazuki 3mo ago
      No, we the tech industry are key enablers. For the past two decades, we were obsessed with refining the methods of mass-surveillance and manipulation. We've brought about tremendous harm to society and it's time to start taking accountability.
    - archonis 3mo ago
      >> Smartphones in dumb pockets made it all possible. >>> Smartphones did nothing. The "people" who manipulated the reality within them did. So those manipulations and their machinations weren't enabled by the existance of smarphones?
DoesntMatter22 3mo ago
There is always credit through printing money which all the world is soon going to have a reckoning over

innagadadavida 3mo ago

The Ukraine war accelerated this as US sanctioned Russian assets. Blowing up this system seems like a deliberate decision in part of US and not some accident. Gold prices have been going up as folks are hedging the dollar risk and it is expected to continue.