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The funniest part about non-materialists is that somehow their beliefs always benefit the US. They'll pay lip service and criticize the US, but they'll their positions are somehow always about maintaining the status quo or demanding an idealist solution with absolutely no way of achieving it.
Sometimes I wonder if there's a nefarious agenda there. I see it too often, especially with Western lefitsts, the section that benefits most from American hegemony
It's even funnier considering Iran had allowed food shipments to Egypt to go past for free due to Egypt implementing policies Iran deems as respectable. Egypt frankly hasn't done shit, so I'd imagine it wouldn't be troublsome to negotiate with Iran about passage through the straight.
To me the toll system more appears like a way for Iran to charge countries based on their level of economic development, while minimizing the effects of the petrodollar on Global South countries.
People are talking about how Iran is charging oil in Yuan, but I think this will change after the war. Yuan is useful to Iran because China is a massive trading partner, however I think that as BRICS becomes more influential, and the US Sanctions regime collapses further, Iran will begin accepting the national currencies of other countries. That way they can more easily access parts of the global economy without having to use the dollar.
Within a couple tears time, maybe even some months from now, I expect to start seeing headlines about Iran trading oil to India in Rupees or another BRICS country and their national currency.
Yes because pointing out that levying a toll on shipments through a straight is a rent seeking arrangement is non materialist
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Oh please. You need to read theory. Your understanding is worse than a third graders. I truly hope you're just ignorant and not malicious.
"Rent seeking" lmao grow up. Or start a comedy podcast.