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[–] 44 points 1 year ago (6 children)
  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    That's the nuclear bomb that I think every country is holding off using (for now)

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

    That would be an embargo. This is more akin to sustained shelling between friends.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Sell the housesbonds to whom, fucking aquaman? (But really, who wants to buy bonds from a country with absolutely zero rule of law?)

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago*

    That's the point. Dumping US bonds on the market lowers their price, forcing the US to renegotiate at a higher interest rate.

    When aquaman is the only buyer, the US is fucked due to their enormous debt.

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