• HasturInYellow@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    They aren’t charging $2mill. They are charging ¥2mil or crypto equivalent. They are intention demolishing the Petrodollar.

    More power to them.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      They are intention demolishing the Petrodollar.

      I think Climate Change and explosion of alternative energy sources is doing that.

      They’re just trying to evade Western financial restrictions. Dollars aren’t useful to a country that’s cut out of the LIBOR and SWIFT banking systems.