• darkernations
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      It’s almost as if the economic “science” for the justification of neoliberalism is ad-hoc.

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      they were cocky enough to believe the dollar was uniquely important.

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      Of course she was lying. All they are capable of doing is lying. lol. The only way it wouldn’t be lying is if they actually admitted that the collapse of the US is due to the unfathomable greed of the oligarchy.

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      If she did know sanctions would backfire, would anyone in the state department have done differently? Russian sanctions make peepee go big.

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      I suspect the Biden administration installed a dim bulb who reliably does what she’s told, though I don’t know who might be doing the telling. Otherwise she’s much smarter than she seems and a better actor.

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    I’m sure she thought there was no alternative. Fucked around and found out.