WWIII will be financial. If you want stuff from ChiComs or Russian, bring gold, silver or oil, or don't bring anything.
Financial lol. Does the U.S. Gubmint own any Russian or Chinese Government Bonds, like they do ours? Think we won that war long ago. Give paper, get goods.
Maybe too long ago. The U.S. Dollar regime was created in the aftermath of WWII (almost ancient history for many.) When sovereigns dispute each other, that's the red meat of wars.
**** I think we have evolved into the era of "Virtue Signaling" Next war will be marked by the victor being more virtuous than others with bloody swords. Just a guess, but none of this stuff makes any sense.
WW-IV won't be (at least not the same way). This is because nations are already moving off the US standard. This was already predicted and a main reason why weaponizing the US dollar was criticized against from the very start. It basically forces the end of the US dollar as the world's currency.
I think in fairness to the David Rockefeller-types (I have read his memoirs) WWII was resolved with the best outcome that was possible. Guys like D. Rockefeller followed it closely, and were genuinely horrified at the atrocities that large groups of humans could inflict on other humans. Having the U.S. Dollar as reserve currency added some "adhesiveness" to the post WWII era, but the costly updates that were required in the 1960s-1980s were never forthcoming. America just let the "Good times Roll." Cherish your personal memories.
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