• BoJackHorseman@piefed.social
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    3 days ago

    When you loan another country money, they have to grow that money so they can pay you interest. Stealing another country’s oil is a quick and easy way to make a lot of money which they can use to pay interest.

    Yes, China is complicit. But China is also steadily selling all their US treasuries and buying gold with those dollars.

    Remember we sanctioned Russia to weaken their economy? The same can be done with America as well.

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      3 days ago

      The last part I agree on, and I am personally sanctioning American products and services hard.