[justinzollars]

> US economic dominance is about to go into hyperdrive

Our biggest export is dollars. We accept ship loads of consumer goods and in exchange send the ships back empty. What a deal.

[pjc50]

This is in a thread about how people cannot afford MacBooks, which count as a "US export" because they are priced in dollars that go back to the US eventually.

[alchemist1e9]

I have a hunch that’s exactly what it looked like for all past economic empires, no?

[justinzollars]

Its actually a sweet deal. But yes. Spot on.

[edgyquant]

Which empires are those?

[alchemist1e9]

Roman, Ottoman, British to name a few.

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