[foxygen]

The US did not create a neutral global free market. It created and maintains a US-centered international order that is relatively open for trade when openness aligns with American strategic interests and becomes coercive when it does not.

> Providing a stable currency is legit

The US does not "provide" a stable currency, it outright forces everyone to use it.

> how enforcing your ideals often comes into conflict with the values of your ideals themselves

The US/NATO couldn't care less about enforcing their "ideals". This is all about economic gain. It is very odd how liberal ideals must be enforced upon Iran, but not upon Saudi Arabia, which is a US ally, no?

> but that is another conversation, not for this thread

So discussing the use of force in the global economy is not fit for a thread about free-trade?