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description: "I need to change my way of thinking. As I've come to understand the conflict between Sunnis and Shiites, I suddenly realized something while taking a shower: Gulf capital cannot abandon the US dollar.Because the lives in the Sunni princely states are luxurious and affluent, their level of weakness cannot be changed by enduring two bombs.Their voice carries no weight in international politics because all assets, everything they eat, drink, and use, are priced in US dollars. What do I care if civilians get bombed? Only the US dollar assets held overseas can maintain my luxurious lifestyle.What's the use of buying so much gold? At most, it's just holding onto the money, waiting for the storm to pass and then continuing to invest in US stocks.Seeing the big picture from small details, the strength of the US dollar's pricing power over the world is something I hadn't considered before. Even after so many strategic failures, people are still willing, in a Stockholm syndrome-like manner, to let all their money flow into US assets because if you don't acknowledge the US dollar, your entire wealth will be wiped out.This is complete financial monopoly.$Invesco QQQ Trust(QQQ.US)"
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# I need to change my way of thinking. As I've come …


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## Comments (8)

- **intc＆ymtc · 2026-03-18T12:42:47.000Z · 👍 2**: Don't believe the strategists on social media who each paint their own rosy pictures. The US has error-correction mechanisms, allies like Europe are also waiting out Trump, and now all the media pressure is on the voters.
- **長野原烟花店交易员 · 2026-03-18T12:27:30.000Z · 👍 8**: If it doesn't flow into the US, does that mean it flows into a country without free currency convertibility? 😄
  - **黑化的交易员** (2026-03-18T12:57:37.000Z): 😈You probably don't mean 🇰🇵, right?
- **zag · 2026-03-18T12:26:50.000Z**: How could it go into Hong Kong? 😆, the CCP itself knows it's holding US dollars.
- **素时听风 · 2026-03-18T12:19:04.000Z**: The United States leads not only in military and economic power, but also in technology and other aspects. Otherwise, everyone wouldn't be coming here to join the party.
- **娜娜nana · 2026-03-18T12:11:11.000Z**: doing
- **猎猫奇 · 2026-03-18T12:03:57.000Z · 👍 1**: The root cause is that several giant companies in the US are changing the world...
  - **Owhathappen** (2026-03-18T12:22:38.000Z): I have to say, the American Empire is indeed very powerful.