If you invested time, money, and human energy into digging valuable oil out of the ground, you would probably not be willing to trade it to me for a piece of paper made from recycled underwear. Easy enough to accept this premise, right?
I would need to majorly sweeten the deal if I expect you to trade. In fact, I’d probably have to offer something you can’t easily get, like best-in-class military equipment, and a quiet agreement to support your political aims (using violence when necessary).
Enter: the petrodollar.
USD is blood money, and taxation is theft, in service of death.
I get it now. I already did, but I do now, too.
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