• metaStatic@kbin.social
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          2 years ago

          because maybe it will be enough of a warning for our owning classes that we won’t have to personally get our hands bloody

          • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mlBanned from community
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            I don’t think China or india collapsing would make American billionaires scared. That’s a lot of new people to exploit

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            2 years ago

            “2.8B people put under severe unrest is good because it might improve my conditions that are already better than them”

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          USA is reserve currency for a huge chunk of the world, they have to all fail with their local currency first, you need a common ground for international trade - the US is still a reserve currency because oil mostly.

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            2 years ago

            So you think the civil collapse of two governments with over 2.8 billion citizens collectively would be a good thing because it would make improve the logistics of trade? /gen