As the world’s second-largest economy by nominal GDP, China has actively sought to conduct international trade with its commercial partners using its own currency rather than the United States dollar
  • emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
    28·
    2 months ago

    A few days ago the US sanctioned an Egyptian bank for trading with Iran. (This means they are refusing to sell them USD.) Could this be a response to that?

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
      35·
      2 months ago

      Likely, and this also goes beyond Iran. The US has basically weaponized the dollar system now, and everybody knows they need to get off of it ASAP.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
          19·
          2 months ago

          There’s a really good interview with colonel Lawrence Wilkerson who was the former Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State where he talks about how the US has full capture of the European political class. So, what we see happening in Europe isn’t too surprising.

            • orc girly@lemmy.ml
              6·
              2 months ago

              Not saying you all must, but things won’t get better without organizing, until then it will keep moving right until all the mainstream parties are indistinguishable from fascists (which is already happening in many places, to some degree)

            • Garbagio@lemmy.zip
              3·
              2 months ago

              I am intimately aware of the sheer apathy of the American electorate. That being said, it always holds true that any government is just a few empty meals away from violence. Starvation had already captured people Americans are taught deserve it; we’ll see when msm can’t cover up in encroaching on more, though.

                • Garbagio@lemmy.zip
                  2·
                  2 months ago

                  I respect that. Closest I get is FreeTube. But, as dying as msm is, it isn’t dead yet. Nobody trusts it, but everybody watches it. It’s state-media at this point, and its talking points disseminate all the same. It will get to a point where it can’t contain the stories anymore, though, of that I have no doubt.

            • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
              1·
              2 months ago

              they will once things get so shit for them that they have nothing else to lose.

          • Maeve@kbin.earth
            14·
            2 months ago

            It is, for them. It’s not fun for those of us who see it necessary. But it is necessary, if life is to have a chance, and moreover, ab free life, healthy in body and mind.

          • partofthevoice@lemmy.zip
            2·
            2 months ago

            So when I see libs (liberals?) in reference to right-sided groups, that’s different than what the US calls “liberal” yea? Because I thought, in the US, the liberals were left. No?

            • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
              9·
              2 months ago

              Liberalism is inherently a right wing ideology. You have political liberalism which focuses on all these wholesome ideas like individual freedoms and democracy that are used to market it. But economic liberalism is the meat of the system and it centers around markets, private property, and wealth accumulation. So the whole idea that liberalism supports everyone’s freedom is fundamentally incompatible with enshrining private property rights as sacred because that removes them from political debate.

              Equating private property with individual freedom provides the foundational justification for the rich to keep their wealth while ignoring the needs of everyone else. So all the talk of freedom and democracy ends up being just a fig leaf for capitalist relations.

            • ZeroHora@lemmy.mlEnglish
              8·
              2 months ago

              Liberals are the people who support/defend/upholds neo-liberalism/capitalism.

              So they are right wing.

              They are also conservative if you think about it, because if the status quo is neo-liberalism supporting it is opposing change.

              The so called conservatives are the ultra conservative.

              • balsoft@lemmy.ml
                3·
                2 months ago

                I think a better label for the so-called “conservatives” is “regressives”. They don’t even want to preserve the status quo as it is, they want societal development to be rolled back 60-200 years depending on the issue

            • SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml
              3·
              2 months ago

              Your question is just one more example of how the USAians are cooked.

              How many mandatory History, Geography, and Philosophy classes did you have in your education?

            • AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml
              31·
              2 months ago

              Fascists believe in inequality based on race or gender.

              (Neo)liberals believe in inequality based on class or wealth.

              So they both believe in inequality. A rich man gets better healthcare, better legal help. Better education. Better food as a child. Have more say and hold more power. Social democrats try to ameliorate that a bit but fundamentally still believe rich man should be above others. This is all right wing from a socialists perspective. This shared belief in inequality also explains how easily they can ally themselves with fascists.

        • ghost_laptop@lemmy.ml
          51·
          2 months ago

          what are you talking about? i think i’ve been banned from most of the lib instances so i can’t see it? lol.