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[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (12 children)

"Unlock" aka just steal like we did Afghanistan's emergency fund. Well, if the US government wants to speedrun de-dollarization by demonstrating to the world why you shouldn't bank with them, I'm not gonna interrupt them while they do it.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (14 children)

seems like legitimizing the outright theft of foreign assets is going to give billionaires around the world some second thoughts about the security of their dollars held in u.s. banks

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Nobody with a functioning brain is going to keep any significant money in the western financial system going forward.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nobody with a functioning brain

This still leaves a surprising number of people

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

and they fall squarely into this category

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We’re continuing to speedrun dedollarization despite all evidence amerikkka

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Despite all evidence of what?

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Death to USA, death to Israel, death to NATO and fuck Europe

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (13 children)

I'm so glad they finally did it because we'll finally be able to put the narrative that Ukraine is losing because additional 61 billions wasn't allocated to bed.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (8 children)

It will also destroy the last credibility US financial system have, piss off Russian capitalists and make them invest in the west even less. Win/win/win.

Worse part is that will give maidan regime some more time to push even more Ukrainians into the grinder.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Here's how Ukraine can still win

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I love it how they passed it on Hitler's birthday. Very on the nose.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Might as well have that over to some us ghouls in exchange for some old-new-stock weapons that will only prolong the suffering of ukrainians

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

unlock billions in frozen Russian assets "Ah they're finally returning what they've stole-" for Ukraine

... [exasperated swearing in eldritch tongue]

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