Petrodollar

The invisible tax on the planet that lets Americans live beyond their means because Saudi Arabia and others agreed to price oil only in dollars.

 

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Rudi Mentary
03/25/2026

The global scam where oil is sold in dollars, dollars are printed endlessly, and the rest of the world gets to hold the bag when inflation hits.

teg
03/25/2026

The reason your cheap gas and strong dollar came with the hidden cost of America propping up authoritarian regimes in the Middle East.

prezzo
03/25/2026

The system that made “exorbitant privilege” the official U.S. foreign policy and forced every country to keep a pile of dollars whether they liked it or not.

Bibbi
03/25/2026

The elegant extortion racket that let the U.S. export inflation while importing real goods.

Crow
03/24/2026

The deal that is slowly dying as countries like China, Russia, and Iran start trading oil in yuan, rubles, and gold instead.

ATL
03/24/2026

The financial weapon that gave America unmatched power for 50 years and is now becoming the biggest liability in the emerging multipolar world.

ascoot
03/24/2026

The brilliant post-WWII deal that let America print endless money because the whole world needed dollars to buy oil.

Just Realized
02/02/2023

The reason Saddam and Ghadafi got killed over.

ATL
02/02/2023

Something United States cannot survive without.

31 Days
02/02/2023

The method to export our inflation.

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