America’s aggressive use of sanctions endangers the dollar’s reign

Re:America’s aggressive use of sanctions endangers the dolla... by akudha on Saturday January 18, 2020 @09:21PM (#22088930)

Every time I watch some "expert" on TV taking about some country, I think one thing - does this person have any real experience with the topic he/she is taking about? Have they visited the country they are dissing on TV, even once? Most of these so called experts are paid too.

This is not just faux news either, the experts are on all channels. No wonder the public has low trust of news these days.

Sucks to know that even a person who is such a high ranking official like an ambassador gets such shitty advice.

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Re:America’s aggressive use of sanctions endangers the dolla... by AsyncAwait on Sunday January 19, 2020 @07:17AM (#22090999)

Brings back memories of U.S. soldiers being handed books about Arabs that were clearly orientalist and did not at all contribute to a real, unbiased understanding of Iraq, their culture etc.

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Re:America’s aggressive use of sanctions endangers the dolla... by mc32 on Saturday January 18, 2020 @10:53PM (#22089339)

It’s worse that that even. Lots of people who have experience and “know” are selling their opinion (trying to influence) to the audience. So often it’s their half of s story.

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Re:America’s aggressive use of sanctions endangers the dolla... by pts_ on Sunday January 19, 2020 @02:36AM (#22090010)

We would be better served by analysing ourselves than following the pack leader like unevolved wolves.

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