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gladstein | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Us empire has less incentive to create wars if wars do not strengthen its currency
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oren_z0 | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 But Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia & Russia will still have an incentive to create wars.
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Hazey | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Why would they
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oren_z0 | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 For example Iran and Qatar have an incentive that Israel will go to a war with Lebanon - to increase the oil consumption.
Or if Yemen shoots on ships in the Red Sea, they now have to take the long route around Africa.

The USD being the world’s reserve currency for oil trade makes the USA a middleman and they get a cut of the profits, but the main beneficiaries from increased oil consumption are the oil producers.