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::All your conspiratorial rhetoric about the petrodollar boils down to is the volume of trade. Sure, U.S. dollars held by foreigners (in this case Middle Easterners), is massive. So was the post-World War II auto industry boom that gave Americans two cars in every garage. There are more registered vehicles in the United States than adults. [https://www.statista.com/statistics/183505/number-of-vehicles-in-the-united-states-since-1990/] So the answer is 'No, consumer choices is not a neocon conspiracy theory.' [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|De Plorabus Unum]]} 12:17, 25 February 2020 (EST)

::All your conspiratorial rhetoric about the petrodollar boils down to is the volume of trade. Sure, U.S. dollars held by foreigners (in this case Middle Easterners), is massive. So was the post-World War II auto industry boom that gave Americans two cars in every garage. There are more registered vehicles in the United States than adults. [https://www.statista.com/statistics/183505/number-of-vehicles-in-the-united-states-since-1990/] So the answer is 'No, consumer choices is not a neocon conspiracy theory.' [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|De Plorabus Unum]]} 12:17, 25 February 2020 (EST)

:::The petrodollar agreement I speak of is ''not'' about the volume of trade. It's about the value of the dollar itself, as well as global reserve currency status. It has put us in a position where our economy becomes highly vulnerable if countries start selling oil in any currency other than the dollar. It doesn't matter whether we're in a trade deficit or not. If oil was sold in other currencies on a global scale, then here in the US it would cause massive inflation and probably a default on the national debt. We literally owe our existence as a superpower to the Saudis, and they have been taking advantage of that and blackmailing us over it for decades. That's not a conspiracy theory.--[[User:Geopolitician|Geopolitician]] ([[User talk:Geopolitician|talk]]) 14:17, 25 February 2020 (EST)

:::The petrodollar agreement I speak of is ''not'' about the volume of trade. It's about the value of the dollar itself, as well as global reserve currency status. It has put us in a position where our economy becomes highly vulnerable if countries start selling oil in any currency other than the dollar. It doesn't matter whether we're in a trade deficit or not. If oil was sold in other currencies on a global scale, then here in the US it would cause massive inflation and probably a default on the national debt. We literally owe our existence as a superpower to the Saudis, and they have been taking advantage of that and blackmailing us over it for decades. That's not a conspiracy theory.--[[User:Geopolitician|Geopolitician]] ([[User talk:Geopolitician|talk]]) 14:17, 25 February 2020 (EST)