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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by mschuster91 on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @04:13PM (#32171597)
The US barely traded with Russia anyway, and most of it was aircraft, vehicles and various services [1]. Sanctioning off Russia was and is easy for the US, the only major problem is the loss of soft power the US had with the OPEC and the resulting hike in oil prices.

The ones really affected by the sanctions are us Europeans.

[1] https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/europe-middle-east/russia...

Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by colinmhayes on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @04:21PM (#32171727)
Sanctioning Russia was a huge gamble in that it will likely lead to a heavily decreased reliance on USD globally as well as create competitors to swift which the us uses to enforce its hegemony.
Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by mschuster91 on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @04:48PM (#32172115)
The US dollar will always be the major currency of the world. What should replace it? The Euro is a good valuable currency, but we lack the military power that secures the US dollar plus we suffer from internal issues like the Italian debt that threatens to destabilize the Euro once again. Japan is a major economy, but still small and it has issues because its backing by the government is uncertain after "Abenomics" and the gerontification of Japanese society. The Chinese currencies suffer from cashflow control measures, and who the fuck would buy anything from Russia even if they had more to offer than barely functioning tanks, oil, gas and grain?