@kevinmyoung This is the repulsive ad right beneath your post.
Took a screen shot and BLOCKED it.
This is where we’re headed.
Margaret Atwood had it figured out.
@ThatBonsaipanda @karlykingsley@TizzyEnt China is not at war with the US.
It wouldn’t serve them.
“China is one of the United States's largest creditors, owning about $859.4 billion in U.S. debt.”
@Huffie12@deusexmoniker@RBReich I’m the wrong person to ask (the OP is way more savvy), but if I understand it fully, Yellen’s letter indicates that option is no longer possible — it would cause massive (irrecoverable) recession and devaluation of our currency. We’d be bankrupt.
(Don’t rely on my answer though)
@davenewworld_2 I’ve been posting this a lot lately because the middle class of the ‘50s through ‘70s barely exists and is unattainable now for young adults. Without any doubt, this ⤵️ is why.
@deusexmoniker You’re golden … but this noble scholar Cassandra’d you by a few decades.
If you don’t know Chalmers, his writing will become your bff — his expertise is especially pertinent given where you reside.
I’m a foreign policy & economics dummy. He was absolutely brilliant. I miss him.