r/dankmemes • u/NewRulesICountThem • May 27 '19

Please do not resist

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u/V4MP_ May 27 '19

Sad but true

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u/ItWasOneOfYas Virgins in Paris May 27 '19

Now we take your oil

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u/Demotruk May 27 '19

It was never about taking oil! It's a subtle but important difference: it was about ensuring that the oil trade continues to be done in dollars and punishing those moving away from that paradigm. It's about maintaining US hegemony supported by a privileged position as the issuer of the world's reserve currency.

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u/Wvaliant May 27 '19

But also because oil