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Demystifying the Petrodollar Scheme with Alex Gladstein (WiM082)
The "What is Money?" Show
What Is Super Imperialism?
The U.S. was able to hold the most gold, yet simultaneously be the biggest debtor. We used it to design this ingenious system whereby, like, if other nations protested, they got hurt. This is what would later happen in 19 85 at the louvre corts. So basically, after we cemented our power am in the seventies, really, again, gave us this big advantage against the soviets.
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