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De-dollarization: Is the US dollar losing its dominance? (2025)
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#22It's not losing it so much as that it is being destroyed on purpose.
When the debt gets this big and fixed obligations can't be changed devaluation becomes the only workable solution. Yet it's still robbery.
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#23The gold :: oil ratio tells quite a tale https://www.macrotrends.net/1380/gold-to-oil-ratio-historica...
Definitely says something, but I'm not sure what. How are you interpreting this?
Re: De-dollarization: Is the US dollar losing its dominance? (2025)
#24Bitcoin fixes.
Re: De-dollarization: Is the US dollar losing its dominance? (2025)
#25The international value of the dollar as a reserve and trade currency is inherently tied to the behavior of the US Government and the Federal Reserve. The behavior of the US Government has been very unusual lately, and the independence of the Federal Reserve is actively being challenged. So draw from that whatever conclusions you wish.
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#26It's not losing it so much as that it is being destroyed on purpose.
Would second what you said. Election has consequences. We better correct course soon before the country is made bankrupt.
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#27The dollar has lost 13% vs the South African Rand in the past year. Thats an interesting metric for me given how South Africa has decoupled from the US in favor of China and Russia, with a strong anti-Israel stance. And also taking into consideration how the country is still struggling with crime, corruption and uncertainty. It’s doing to be interesting to see how this plays out as the producers and makers of the wor…
Dollar has also lost like 99% vs the South African Kruggerand since 1967.
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#28Re: De-dollarization: Is the US dollar losing its dominance? (2025)
#29Patently. The current situation in the USA doesn't inspire confidence.
Re: De-dollarization: Is the US dollar losing its dominance? (2025)
#30What if the goal is to crash/burn and consolidate ownership? This time with the money system? I mean, it sure looks like the goal.
it'd sound reasonable, if that ownership wasn't already overconsolidated. But who says people doing that are reasonable.