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Having dollar being the worlds currency is not necessarily a good thing. Yes, you can borrow at low interests rate for a while. But guess what? Those are still debts. And eventually rates rise due to inflation. Now you have hollowed out your industrial base and you are stuck with tons of debts.

Even if dollar gets weaker, better to have less debts and more industrialization






Inflation reduces the effective cost of debt.

Inflation and the "hollowing of your industrial base" are not inevitably connected, and in the case of the USA, have almost no connection to each other at all.


Not being the world's reserve currency can be argued over but having these massive economy crushing tarrifs is just stupid

Like Germany? Which country do you think did better over the last 20 years and which had barely any growth?

The state printed paper money, he still owns a debt to the forrest donating the tree?



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