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[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

it's more likely that they'll instigate another regime change in mexico should any administration ever suggest moving away from the dollar.

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 2 months ago

Regime change schemes only work when they're able to destabilize the economy first. That's precisely what BRICS prevents from happening.

[-] trashxeos@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 months ago

Exactly, by allowing trade of most commodities in non dollar denominated assets, it prevents the US from seizing control of a given country's trade. The world put up with sanctions for decades but the USA freezing dollar denominated treasury securities of Russia and Iran absolutely shot themselves in the foot. It showed the world that Washington has lost any remaining semblance of the plot they still had (as little as it was) and that they absolutely need to get away from us as fast as possible.

Additionally, IMF debt traps are increasingly making austerity common in places where people's entire lives happen at a cost of less than the average meal in the imperial core. China's BRI moves have opened actually fair trade for a bunch of countries that were being crushed by world bank. The rest of world is taking notes, hegemonic control in Washington is breaking apart and being washed away. Soon, the dam will fail and wash away, taking all of the resources Americans need with it.

If Washington was smart, they'd start working on actually shoring up American manufacturing capacity, but we know they're not going to do that, they're going to try and use CIA tactics, which may or may not work to various degrees, and then look confused AF when they're being [redacted] later.

(sorry, got a bit off topic at the end, adhd hit hard all of a sudden but I think it mostly follows a logical path through those thoughts so I'll leave it)

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 months ago

The war in Ukraine will absolutely be taught in history books as the catalyst for the fall of the western empire.

[-] trashxeos@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 months ago

I only hope I live to see the day where I can read that book.

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 months ago

Yeah, hope we'll make it through the next couple of months without Biden starting a nuclear holocaust.

[-] trashxeos@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 months ago

Honestly, considering the warhawks already announced for the Trump cabinet, even Biden leaving isn't a guarantee the government doesn't press that button anytime soon.

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 months ago

I do think Trump will wind down Ukraine, but we'll probably see an escalation with China instead. Most of the hawks he picked are China hawks.

[-] trashxeos@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 months ago

Yeah, that's a fair point. History is definitely happening a lot lately, someone should probably tell Fukuyama about it.

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