U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent on Iran: “We engineered a dollar shortage inside the country, and it had rapid effects. The tipping point came in December, when one of Iran’s largest banks collapsed following a bank run, forcing the central bank to print money. The Iranian currency then went into a free fall, inflation surged, and as a result, we’ve seen the Iranian people take to the streets.”

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Scott "I will fuck your shit up" Bessent
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Toby McMann 3 months ago
Translation: "You are crazy to assume the US dollar is a neutral reserve currency."
This is what you can do when you control the monetary system. Be certain that other countries are taking notes. This is why nobody wants the USD as a reserve currency anymore. When it is used as a weapon it is no longer a neutral store of value. View quoted note →
Yeah, I understand most people still don't want to scrap the government for some reason, but can we get at least get a Constitutional Convention?
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Nope Noperson 3 months ago
Ah, my sneaking suspicion, that the protests weren't organic but instead orchestrated by outside interference, confirmed.
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Nope Noperson 3 months ago
If the US Gov't can manipulate geo-economic factors with the intent of causing and directing civilian unrest towards political enemies with this level of effect, there's no way they could do something similar at home, even if they wanted to, right? Which, of course, they don't... This is a lesson. Every protest movement, past/ present/future, should be viewed through this lens. Statecraft f***ery knows no bounds. Civilians are disposable tools. View quoted note →
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unknown 3 months ago
These people would not know Honor if it hit them in the face 👀
Just wait till the rest of the world cuts the supply of sugar and salt to the USA…