• wirebeads@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    America is a rancid and failed country. 99% of their population don’t see the empire crashing before their eyes, but the rest of the world has noticed and China will come out as the dominant fiat currency for decades

    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      18 hours ago

      I’d argue that about half of the population sees it. But most of them didn’t vote, because they were either disenfranchised or just didn’t think it would be this bad, this quickly. And they can’t afford to take time off of work to protest, because they’re all already living paycheck to paycheck.

    • rayyy@piefed.social
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      23 hours ago

      China will definitely win out as the #1 world power while Russia will have the satisfaction of knowing they were the architects of the US collapse.

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        1 day ago

        That raises a question - what’s better, easier commerce with a financial powerhouse, or easier commerce with the country that makes everything?

        • Fluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.net
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          No one’s gonna have the prominence america had, relative to other countries. So a basket of currencies is possible, or even different currencies for different industries