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[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 week ago (3 children)

No the US dollar is backed by the US sanctioning and murdering those who refuse to use it as reserve currency. https://iai.tv/articles/why-they-killed-gaddafi-auid-1757

[–] redrumBot@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 week ago

Also, Iraq partially sold oil in EUR from 2001 to 2003. In 2003 USA and friends started the second golf war, aka USA invasion of Iraq.

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

You aren't wrong about those actions but it overestimates the importance of "might makes right" and seriously underestimates the importance of soft power. The meme you shared commits the same fallacy, as is the current US administration.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

The US starts with soft power and sanctions to collectively punish the population. Then if the US backed color revolution fails it resorts to hard power.

[–] Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't know why you got 3 downdootes for saying the truth.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Might be missclicks. When I browse my own profile to find a post to link I frequently notice I even accidentally downvote my own comments or posts.