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the_liberal_grandpa

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46. Don't forget the BRICS countries

Sat Feb 14, 2026, 11:29 AM

18 hrs ago

Are slowly moving away from settling trades between the with dollars but rather a gold backed currency.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRICS_Pay

When nations decrease trading in dollars we will have to pay much higher interest in order to fund our 40 trillion dollar (and rising) debt. This means that interest rates will climb on everything and for everybody.

The road ahead for the USA looks very bleak.

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