US News: Donald Trump announced a plan to impose a 100% tariff on goods from countries that move away from using the US dollar in international trade. This str
Sounds like a short-term “win” which will only further cement and worsen the long-term repercussions IMO… the thing is, the changing of the world economic system is not a race, and the more the US cracks the whip to shore up its decline, the more intolerable and totalitarian its economic system becomes, the more the foundations of the system crumble and the resolve of the rest of the world to free themselves from it strengthens.
what really scares me is how short term is understood here, because is it « short term that will eventually crumble within my lifetime » or « short term measured on the scale of a century ». Basically I’m anxious that the US will still own monopoly on currency trade while I’m alive, I’d really like to see what happens when it loses grip and is forced to reckon with competitive currencies that don’t bully and brutalise millions with tarifs and sanctions, actually terrorise is more apt if we’re being real. What I’m curious about though is how much room the ghouls in charge are willing to give to the Cheeto man, they MUST know that doing this is fucking stupid and will utterly destroy the US dollar’s image worldwide, on the other hand there seems to be widespread brain rot and kool aid consumption amongst North American academics and officials so who knows?
I get the feeling that even though it will unfortunately be years, if not decades before the Amerikkkan empire collapses or is destroyed, I think/hope it will come sooner than any of us think.
This seems like one of those “decades’ worth of history happens in weeks” moments.
Sounds like a short-term “win” which will only further cement and worsen the long-term repercussions IMO… the thing is, the changing of the world economic system is not a race, and the more the US cracks the whip to shore up its decline, the more intolerable and totalitarian its economic system becomes, the more the foundations of the system crumble and the resolve of the rest of the world to free themselves from it strengthens.
what really scares me is how short term is understood here, because is it « short term that will eventually crumble within my lifetime » or « short term measured on the scale of a century ». Basically I’m anxious that the US will still own monopoly on currency trade while I’m alive, I’d really like to see what happens when it loses grip and is forced to reckon with competitive currencies that don’t bully and brutalise millions with tarifs and sanctions, actually terrorise is more apt if we’re being real. What I’m curious about though is how much room the ghouls in charge are willing to give to the Cheeto man, they MUST know that doing this is fucking stupid and will utterly destroy the US dollar’s image worldwide, on the other hand there seems to be widespread brain rot and kool aid consumption amongst North American academics and officials so who knows?
I get the feeling that even though it will unfortunately be years, if not decades before the Amerikkkan empire collapses or is destroyed, I think/hope it will come sooner than any of us think.
This seems like one of those “decades’ worth of history happens in weeks” moments.
i very much hope so too!