3628
Comments (60)
sorted by:
You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread.
17
War_Hamster 17 points ago +17 / -0

Muammar Gaddafi has entered the room.

7
CoreyAnder 7 points ago +7 / -0

‘We came, we saw, he died’.

5
War_Hamster 5 points ago +5 / -0

What shall we do with all of these weapons?

Let's ship them to Syria.

What could go wrong?

7
NullifyAndSecede 7 points ago +10 / -3

There are two things backing the value of the massively diluted USD:

  • The threat of violence against people who refuse to pay their taxes (in dollars)
  • The threat of violence against middle eastern countries who try to trade oil for other currencies

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/forex/072915/how-petrodollars-affect-us-dollar.asp

6
Basedone 6 points ago +8 / -2

This is something many Americans do not understand at all. The majority owe their lifestyles to the violence against non-compliers. If countries were able to trade in whatever currencies they wished instead of the "petrodollar" America's economy would go down the toilet and you couldn't keep printing and borrowing money. So realize it's hypocritical to enjoy an American lifestyle and condemn constant warmongering.

-3
DEPORT_DOOMERS -3 points ago +2 / -5

I’m unapologetic, go fuck yourself with that lefty point of view lol

3
Basedone 3 points ago +3 / -0

So you DO want the endless wars. Then don't sit here criticizing Xiden for starting more. It's not a leftist point of view, moron, it's what every person knows who's not a retard. Plenty of leftists believe exactly what you do.

4
dr_gonzo 4 points ago +4 / -0

One of the bullet points for that article is:

Recycling of petrodollars is beneficial to the greenback because it promotes non-inflationary growth.

Which is another way of saying our government blinks exorbitant amounts of money into existence in the form of debt, and then offloads the inflation to other nations, while charging their own citizens interest.

And ya, it's definitely no coincidence that many Arab countries are actively seeking to undermine US dollar hegemony by trading oil in Euros. That's the same thing Saddam tried to do with the oil for food program, just prior to his violent death at the hands of the US military. And just like Gaddafi tried to do just prior to his violent death...at the hands of the US military.

I mean, who do these people think they are, sovereign nations?