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What do you think is the US dollar backed by?

Saudi oil.

That was the birth of Petrodollar in the 1970s.

Now, Saudi Arabia trades 3x as much with China as with the US.

Thus, BRICS membership paves the way for Petroyuan!

Without commodities traded in USD, the global reserve currency status dies.

And thus the end of American unipolar hegemony.
Petrodollar underpins American prosperity and imperialism
When the US went off the gold standard in 1971, the value of dollar plummeted, resulting in the Great Inflation of the 1970s.

When the world gets off the petrodollar, there will be a déjà vu…

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Aug 23
Can you tell which one is Hitler’s tank in 1943 and which one is Ukrainian military in 2023?

Nazis in plain sight. American and European minds are enslaved by propaganda.

#Ukraine #ThursdayThoughts
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Just in case, you can’t see it…

#Ukraine #Nazis Image
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Aug 20
Here are 30+ stunning metro stations in China.

How about you, USA? What did you do with $32 trillion of debt?

BTW, the total length of metro system in China is staggering 9,500 km!

53 Chinese cities have subway systems with combined 300 or so lines.

How socialism can improve people’s lives.
So, what are the benefits of good public transportation?

🔹Reduces traffic, stress and pollution.

🔹Increases productivity of people

🔹Eliminates the need for cars or use of taxis for many people. Thus, lower cost of living.

🔹Boosts tourism. (I was able to use the metro system without any help)

🔹Creates jobs, accelerates technology. Some of the metro trains are driverless.

And they even have battery-powered and hydrogen-powered trains!
#Wuhan "sky train." It's not a "subway" -- i.e., underground -- but it's a part of China's urban metro rail system.
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Aug 18
Where is China's economy going? This video gives a glimpse into the future:

Robot using high precision and mind-boggling dexterity to peel a *raw* egg, puncture it, and then stitch up the hole! 😱

It also uses sophisticated #AI -- computer vision.

China collapse narrative is for loonies, racists and imperialists.
Some more examples of robots, AI and automation in China:

1) Autonomous vehicles, driverless taxis

Automated factories -- 4th industrial revolution -- with 5G, AI, cloud computing, IoT etc.

Read 6 tweets
Aug 15
How USA is Collapsing in Real Time

While American bravado and propaganda are remarkable, the truth is that the US empire and the republic are imploding. Here is a long thread🧵on the profound systemic problems:

1. Crumbling Infrastructure & Decaying Towns

Bridges, dams, railways, highways, metro... much of it is decades old and crumbling.

And the decay has spread like cancer. Thousands of towns -- once flourishing, like Gary, Indiana -- across the US have turned into depressing ghost towns. No jobs, no people, no hospitals, no schools, and sometimes not even a grocery store -- this is the reality in many towns in middle America.

Below are two shocking videos:
Dying towns all across the US -- from Ohio to Arkansas, Oregon to West Virginia...

2. Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Death of Despair

Thanks to de-industrialization of America and predatory financial capitalism, bottom 50% of the US are stuck with low-wage jobs and poverty. They have barely $1,000 in savings.

Homelessness is at a record level in 2023; and drug addiction has been on the rise for two decades.

Suicide rate in USA = 3x China.

Every year, whopping 100,000+ Americans are dying from drug overdose. That's twice the number of deaths during entire Vietnam War.

Some sociologists call this unique American phenomenon the “deaths of despair.”
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Aug 13
How long does it take to unload a large container ship at a port?

Long Beach, CA, USA: 48 hours

Tianjin, China: 45 minutes!

How? High-tech. Robots, driverless vehicles, #AI, Internet of things (IoT), 5G, cloud computing.. you name it.

Tianjin handles more than 20 million TEU… https://t.co/IIXECePbsDtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
This is the 4th industrial revolution. And China is leading the way.

It's like the steam engine revolution of the 19th century, but the West is falling behind due to complacency and wrong priorities.
Short video explaining how #Huawei's 5G works in this smart port in Tianjin.

#China #tech
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Aug 12
4 years ago, US prevented Dutch company ASML from shipping 7nm semiconductor chip-making machines to China.

Now, US has stopped its vassals (“allies”) from selling equipment & materials needed to make 14nm chips.

Goal is to cripple Chinese tech sector.

Evil way to stay #1. Not… https://t.co/2fOhxpl5zUtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Europe’s dependency on China for rare earth and other critical minerals.

There won’t be any semiconductor industry in the US or the EU if the Chinese impose their own sanctions.

But Western hubris is off the charts. Image
The US is also highly dependent on China for critical minerals, including rare earth elements (REE).

US dependency on China for some is 100%! Image
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