• acargitz@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    If a trading bloc abandons the USD, that means they are less interested in trading with the US. Slapping a tariff in them means that they will be even less interested.

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      2 days ago

      If a trading bloc abandons the USD, that means they are less interested in trading with the US.

      Not really. It could mean that they just want a just and fair trading system not ruled by a monopoly on green paper with slavers on it.

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        2 days ago

        Are you seriously saying that the capitalists from BRICS countries are interested in justice, fairness, and cancelling slave owners as opposed to their own economic self interest while jostling for position with western capitalists about who should be higher in the pecking order of exploiting the global working class? Because if you’re serious about that, I would love to trade you some magic beans for your cow.