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|colspan="3"|<hr/>(Left): [[U.S. Treas. Sec.]] [[Scott Bessent]] tries to convince investors to buy [[U.S. Treasury]] [[debt]] to [[finance]] the [[budget deficit|deficit]];<ref>https://archive.is/H58cb</ref> (right): an [[X]] follower responds.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUFN1ecch48</ref>

|colspan="3"|<hr/>(Left): [[U.S. Treas. Sec.]] [[Scott Bessent]] tries to convince investors to buy [[U.S. Treasury]] [[debt]] to [[finance]] the [[budget deficit|deficit]];<ref>https://archive.is/H58cb</ref> (right): an [[X]] follower responds.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUFN1ecch48</ref>

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The [[BRICS]] group, led by [[Russia]] and [[China]] began building an international finance and trading system that does not rely on dollars, that uses countries’ local currencies, [[gold]], [[oil]], or other [[asset]]s to trade.<ref>https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/brics.asp</ref>  The U.S. abuse of economic sanctions to [[blackmail]] and punish other countries that did not bend to America's [[will]] added to the impetus.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2024/us-sanction-countries-work/</ref> The rise of BRICS means that the US dollar will, at a minimum, lose its relative [[monopoly]] on [[oil]] and [[gas]] [[trade]]s and [[sales]].<ref>[https://investingnews.com/brics-currency/ How Would a New BRICS Currency Affect the US Dollar?], Melissa Pistilli, Mar. 18, 2025.</ref>

The [[BRICS]] group, led by [[Russia]] and [[China]] began building an international finance and trading system that does not rely on dollars, that uses countries’ local currencies, [[gold]], [[oil]], or other [[asset]]s to trade.<ref>https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/brics.asp</ref>  The U.S. abuse of [[economic sanctions]] to [[blackmail]] and [[punish]] other countries that did not bend to America's [[will]] added to the impetus.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2024/us-sanction-countries-work/</ref> The rise of BRICS means that the US dollar will, at a minimum, lose its relative [[monopoly]] on [[oil]] and [[gas]] [[trade]]s and [[sales]].<ref>[https://investingnews.com/brics-currency/ How Would a New BRICS Currency Affect the US Dollar?], Melissa Pistilli, Mar. 18, 2025.</ref>

If the world favors a second, gold-based settlement system and opts out of the [[fiat money]] dollar, which is no longer backed by something of exchangeable value, this could lead to the end not only of dollar settlement, but also of the dollar imperium.<ref>https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/precious-metals/article-822549#google_vignette</ref> The US has so far been able to pay for its foreign trade with its freshly printed money that does not represent any increased production of goods and services at all, to the benefit of its own prosperity in exchange for “fiat money”.<ref>https://www.theglobalstatistics.com/united-states-foreign-trade-statistics/</ref> If this were no longer possible, if the countries of the world no longer accepted worthless dollars, the [[USA]] would no longer be able to buy all the world's goods with them, to pay for $900 billion in [[military industrial complex]] expenditures and to cover its financial [[deficit]]s.<ref>https://money.usnews.com/investing/articles/de-dollarization-what-happens-if-the-dollar-loses-reserve-status</ref> Dollar dominance will inevitably fade and the dollar decline as the world's top reserve currency, though it will undoubtedly continue to survive in that capacity in parts of the world where the US continues to have considerable political and economic leverage, like [[Latin America]].<ref>https://www.jpmorgan.com/insights/global-research/currencies/de-dollarization</ref> In this respect, the financial boycott against Russia and a counter-reaction by the world could result in the collapse of the dollar empire.<ref>https://www.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/topics/economy/global-economic-impact-of-sanctions-on-russia.html</ref>

If the world favors a second, gold-based settlement system and opts out of the [[fiat money]] dollar, which is no longer backed by something of exchangeable value, this could lead to the end not only of dollar settlement, but also of the dollar imperium.<ref>https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/precious-metals/article-822549#google_vignette</ref> The US has so far been able to pay for its foreign trade with its freshly printed money that does not represent any increased production of goods and services at all, to the benefit of its own prosperity in exchange for “fiat money”.<ref>https://www.theglobalstatistics.com/united-states-foreign-trade-statistics/</ref> If this were no longer possible, if the countries of the world no longer accepted worthless dollars, the [[USA]] would no longer be able to buy all the world's goods with them, to pay for $900 billion in [[military industrial complex]] expenditures and to cover its financial [[deficit]]s.<ref>https://money.usnews.com/investing/articles/de-dollarization-what-happens-if-the-dollar-loses-reserve-status</ref> Dollar dominance will inevitably fade and the dollar decline as the world's top reserve currency, though it will undoubtedly continue to survive in that capacity in parts of the world where the US continues to have considerable political and economic leverage, like [[Latin America]].<ref>https://www.jpmorgan.com/insights/global-research/currencies/de-dollarization</ref> In this respect, the financial boycott against Russia and a counter-reaction by the world could result in the collapse of the dollar empire.<ref>https://www.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/topics/economy/global-economic-impact-of-sanctions-on-russia.html</ref>