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Either we give these motherfuckers our tax dollars or they collapse the petrodollar. (hexbear.net)
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[–] sodium_nitride@hexbear.net 27 points 3 weeks ago

Slight correction. WW2 was what made the dollar into the global reserve currency. The petrodollar is what allowed the value of the dollar to remain despite them dropping the gold standard.