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by charlesdm 3206 days ago
The US is probably also realistically the only country in the world that would be able to do this and get away with it.

(Pretty sure Eritrea isn't collecting much from abroad..)
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eloff 3206 days ago
Yeah, you're right. It comes back to the USA is special. There's a lot of things it gets away with that other countries could not. There are benefits to being #1.
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