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> ...as long as we have the power we have and can browbeat other nations...

I think the sunset on that ability is within view. The petro-dollar is key to our status as the world reserve currency and not only is oil now being sold in Rubles and Yuan but the push to eliminate fossil fuels also undermines the special status the USD enjoys.

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Carl Icahn just lost billions betting against the USA. Your comment sounds interesting until you look at all the other countries in the world. We aren't competing with perfect, we're competing with a Europe still coasting off of it's Imperial power and forced wealth extraction from the rest of the world and China, a country whose central government has tangential control on it's regions, government is dependant on the sale of land to raise income, has levels of pollution that was horrific the last time I was there, population is declining when it is dependant on worker power to translate to world power, and brutal repression which does not lead to the independent thought necessary for dynamic intellectual growth. They are now removing economic numbers and discussion for the public and criminally investigating auditors which will surely to lead to a dynamic economic model that will generate growth for them.

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