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IbogaProject

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17. This will be much worse than a recession or even a depression

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #10)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 03:20 PM

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Our whole house of cards Petrodollar economic system is going to collapse. Capitalism requires growth, nothing this administration is doing will spur domestic economic growth. When the value of our dollar starts falling there will be a rush to the exits on our Treasury debt and it will likely cause a very dramatic Economic collapse. And if we get any set of disasters and or calamities things could get very serious very quick. Our whole global civilization is very precarious.

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