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Re: Saudi Arabia to join BRICS??? [Re: koods] 1
#28041873 - 11/09/22 10:24 AM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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koods said: Yeah nothing says democratic values like Russia, China and Saudi Arabia. And India is teetering on the edge of authoritarianism.
We abetted India’s move to authoritarianism, we are promoting the Saudi genocide in Yemen.
You always behave like the bad things we do are incidental and the bad things the Official Enemies do are endemic.
The United States is not good. Even if we were, it has nothing to do with why the dollar is the world’s reserve currency.
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Re: Saudi Arabia to join BRICS??? [Re: The Ecstatic]
#28041932 - 11/09/22 11:03 AM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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We have been the reserve currency for so long that it is in everyones interest to keep the dollar the reserve currency. Everyone has skin the dollar game, and nobody wants to see their dollar denominated debt lose value
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Re: Saudi Arabia to join BRICS??? [Re: koods] 1
#28041955 - 11/09/22 11:12 AM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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Except the majority of the world, who don’t benefit from the status quo.
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Re: Saudi Arabia to join BRICS??? [Re: The Ecstatic]
#28041960 - 11/09/22 11:14 AM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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Everybody holds dollar denominated debt and investments. Practically the entire net worth of countries like Venezuela resides in their dollar reserves.
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Re: Saudi Arabia to join BRICS??? [Re: koods] 1
#28041967 - 11/09/22 11:17 AM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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Because it’s the reserve currency.
It’s like saying we shouldn’t build cars because everyone has horses.
We should absolutely adopt a global reserve currency that doesn’t exist to directly benefit the most violent and antagonistic nation on the planet. A country shouldn’t have to pay tribute to America to participate in the global economy.
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Re: Saudi Arabia to join BRICS??? [Re: The Ecstatic]
#28041972 - 11/09/22 11:20 AM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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And because it’s the reserve currency it’s in the interest of those holding it in reserve to keep it the reserve currency. Too big to fail.
Really, whether the dollar is the reserve currency or not has very little impact on the US economy.
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Re: Saudi Arabia to join BRICS??? [Re: koods]
#28041981 - 11/09/22 11:24 AM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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“Too big to fail,” that wonderful idea that embodies the necessity of not changing things lol
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Re: Saudi Arabia to join BRICS??? [Re: koods]
#28042614 - 11/09/22 06:53 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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koods said: Yeah nothing says democratic values like Russia, China and Saudi Arabia. And India is teetering on the edge of authoritarianism.
India's on decent terms with Russia. Time to start calling them poo poo heads (authoritarians)!
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koods said: Yeah nothing says democratic values like Russia, China and Saudi Arabia. And India is teetering on the edge of authoritarianism.
India's on decent terms with Russia. Time to start calling them poo poo heads (authoritarians)! 
Watching you bring up points that annihilate your own argument is quite entertaining.

Modi's BJP has been pursuing a populist authoritarian agenda for a while now.
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Re: Saudi Arabia to join BRICS??? [Re: Ice9]
#28042995 - 11/09/22 11:25 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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Ice9 said:
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Falcon91Wolvrn03 said: India's on decent terms with Russia. Time to start calling them poo poo heads (authoritarians)! 
Watching you bring up points that annihilate your own argument is quite entertaining.

Modi's BJP has been pursuing a populist authoritarian agenda for a while now.
If you say so. Can you tell me specifically how that's bad for India?
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Ice9 said:
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Falcon91Wolvrn03 said: India's on decent terms with Russia. Time to start calling them poo poo heads (authoritarians)! 
Watching you bring up points that annihilate your own argument is quite entertaining.

Modi's BJP has been pursuing a populist authoritarian agenda for a while now.
If you say so. Can you tell me specifically how that's bad for India?
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Ice9 said:
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Falcon91Wolvrn03 said: India's on decent terms with Russia. Time to start calling them poo poo heads (authoritarians)! 
Watching you bring up points that annihilate your own argument is quite entertaining.

Modi's BJP has been pursuing a populist authoritarian agenda for a while now.
If you say so. Can you tell me specifically how that's bad for India?
The BJP and their militant groups commit far more racial violence than Azov does.
Do I need to explain why a party ruling over 1 billion + people flirting with genocide is bad?
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Re: Saudi Arabia to join BRICS??? [Re: koods]
#28043340 - 11/10/22 08:22 AM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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koods said:
Really, whether the dollar is the reserve currency or not has very little impact on the US economy.
Yea, no. I don't believe that.
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Re: Saudi Arabia to join BRICS??? [Re: Ice9]
#28043608 - 11/10/22 11:52 AM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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Ice9 said:
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Ice9 said: Watching you bring up points that annihilate your own argument is quite entertaining.

Modi's BJP has been pursuing a populist authoritarian agenda for a while now.
If you say so. Can you tell me specifically how that's bad for India?

Asking you what you're talking about is "moving the goalposts"?
I've asked you to explain yourself about a dozen times now, and each time you just run away from my questions.
But it looks The Ecstatic got your back this time and answered for you, since it's quite obvious you can't.
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The Ecstatic said: The BJP and their militant groups commit far more racial violence than Azov does.
Is religious bickering the equivalent of authoritarianism?
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Here's another example in terms you seem more comfortable with: Twitter’s Legal Challenge to Indian Censorship
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shivas.wisdom said: Here's another example in terms you seem more comfortable with: Twitter’s Legal Challenge to Indian Censorship
Yes, that's a good example of how Twitter values freedom of speech. I side with Twitter.
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Okay sure, but two things.
#1, that's pre-Elon Twitter - which I thought was anti-free speech.
#2, the point was to illustrate the burgeoning authoritarianism of Modi and gang.
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shivas.wisdom said: Okay sure, but two things.
#1, that's pre-Elon Twitter - which I thought was anti-free speech.
There's different degrees of free speech. Twitter is clearly more free speech now than they were pre-Elon, but that doesn't mean they censored everything pre-Elon.
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shivas.wisdom said: #2, the point was to illustrate the burgeoning authoritarianism of Modi and gang.
Thank you, The Ecstatic also helped me out on that.
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"Twitter is clearly more free speech now than they were pre-Elon"
How did you determine this?
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