Following U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday, the Iranian Parliament has voted in support of closing the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most critical oil transit chokepoints, according to media reports.

Any final decision on retaliation, however, will rest with the country's Supreme National Security Council and le

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Around 20 percent of global oil trade passes through the Strait. Some experts have said that if Iran were to cut off access to the Strait, it could spike oil prices by 30 to 50 percent immediately, with gas prices likewise rising by as much as $5 per gallon.

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[–] [S] 99 points 1 year ago* (18 children)

As much as I hate how this is going to affect millions in the US and Iran, and elsewhere, who are already struggling, I don't think anyone in the US will care unless it personally affects their own quality of life, so yeah, part of me agrees with you.

If the gas price skyrockets they will demand Donald's head. Nothing pisses Americans off more than not being able to use their cars.

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  • [–] 47 points 1 year ago* (10 children)

    Demand for his head, I doubt. They'll just call for a full invasion and taking of the strait and justify the strikes and invasion do to Iran closing it.

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  • [–] [S] 30 points 1 year ago* (9 children)

    There is a portion of MAGA that won't, sure.

    But the majority will. This is a war of choice, not necessity, and you saw how quick people were to flip on Harris when it became clear she was comfortable with people being impoverished for no good reason.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

    I mean yeah but he's already a dictator. We can't vote our way out of this.

    All these liberals just don't fuckin get it yet....

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  • [–] [S] 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    You just lived through a period where people literally threatened their neighbors (and tried to kidnap a governor) with guns because they couldn't get a haircut or get some cheesy biscuits at Red Lobster.

    The worst sin Donald can commit is coming between Americans and the convenience that they equate with liberty.

    And yes, there will be another vote.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    I'm torn, because I've seen plenty to suggest the democratic process is still chugging along in the states. Let me know when the NJ/VA gubernatorial races are overturned.

    At the same time, I've seen "Welcomefest" and the liberal doubling down on Palestinian genocide. I'm seeing liberals in Congress line up to support Trump in his Iran War. Liberals are bought into crypto. They're bought in on school privatization. They're bought in on defunding Medicaid and SS. They bought in on the deportations and the lawless arrests and the police violence

    Too many liberals are supporting Trump in deed, while complaining in name only. How does an election fix that?

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    You sure about that? This is MAGA. They will fall in line and say "if Biden didn't fuck this up in the first place.. then...blah blah"

    They are all Team players. They will bend the knee like before.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    If the gas price skyrockets they will demand Donald’s head

    Maybe. Or maybe they'll just keep blaming Palestine protesters and other Woke Leftists for doing a domestic terrorism by talking shit about the president.

    It took a long long while for the median Americans to come around to Bush being a POS. Conservatives only really turned on him after he left office.

    I can easily see our domestic media egging on our paramilitary DHS to do more fascism against the immigrants responsible for inflation. And I can easily imagine a lot of Americans convinced they're who are to blame.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    From what I understand, the US is now an oil producing country due to fracking so we won’t see results like the oil embargo of the 70s, just increases in prices. Increasing the price of oil will increase the profits to Republican donors. I do wonder what the products of the closure will look like.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    If the gas price skyrockets

    We're a net oil exporter these days, thanks to hydrofracking.

    https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/oil-and-petroleum-products/imports-and-exports.php

    In 2020, the United States became a net exporter of petroleum for the first time since at least 1949.

    If the gas price skyrockets, (a) if it becomes really serious, it's possible for the US to not export oil and (b) more US oil production will come online.

    Loss of oil access was a potent lever against the US in the 1970s, but it isn't in 2025.

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