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[+] 116 points 9 months ago (18 children)
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  • [–] 22 points 9 months ago

    Very noble of you.

    The bank will side with whoever makes them the most money. Cutting off the US means a default on loans. They won't do it, they will lobby their governments to not do it, and will only do it if their home country forces them to do so.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    The problem is you then lose any leverage. The threat is what's important. If you dump them then there's no reason Trump would stop. If they hold them then they can use them as a threat.

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  • [+] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)
  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    No, it wouldn't stop the US. Russia's economy is crumbling, but they can manage to keep fighting for several years now. A collapsing economy doesn't stop wars. It only makes them harder. The threat can stop one potentially though.

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  • [+] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)
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    Dude, Russia has been a capitalist nation for decades. It's the exact same kind of economy. Arguably they have a different form of governance, with Putin as a dictator. I don't think we're that far apart with that right now though.

    To anyone downvoting: care to give your reasoning? If you disagree, could you explain why? What kind of economy do you think Russia has?

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  • [–] 38 points 9 months ago (8 children)

    The Beaverton had an article the other day “Canada chooses lawful evil over chaotic evil”

    I’ve also seen posts online along the lines of “I’d rather deal with lex Luther than the joker”

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  • [–] 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    He's not like Heath Ledger's Joker. Not even Jack Nicholson's Joker.

    He's more like...Jim Carey's Riddler.

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Say what you will about Lex Luther but at least he had an ethos.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    Deutsche Bank was Trump’s biggest lender launderer. I guess they ran out of Russian cash?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Bank?wprov=sfti1#Banking_for_Donald_Trump,_1995%E2%80%932021

    In May 2019, The New York Times reported that anti-money laundering specialists in the bank detected what appeared to be suspicious transactions involving entities controlled by Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner, for which they recommended filing suspicious activity reports with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Treasury Department, but bank executives rejected the recommendations.

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