• GHiLA
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    3 days ago

    What does this really mean in relation to a country that regularly pretends reality is malleable?

    We made a new currency, it’s all good, we will pay you with it instead!

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      3 days ago

      Pretty much everyone including notoriously shady Chinese banks have stopped doing business with them and are no longer handing out loans. You can bullshit your way through all sorts of things but even for the most corrupt institutions the fun stops at “there’s no money”.

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        I guess the situation comes down to assets at that point, tanks, planes, boats… but, then, those are kinda being blown up, so, I dunno, Russia lol.