alt Hacker NewsThe US is a net exporter of crude oil and is positioned to meet an oil crisis better than nearly anyone else. What do you think the US government expected from this?
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fc417fc802 • yesterday at 11:20 PM
Being positioned to eat shit better than anyone else is still eating shit. Our economy isn't independent of the rest of the world.
Datacenter investment is currently a noticable fraction of US GDP. That's as globalized as it gets, we aren't even remotely self sufficient on that front. What happens to our economy if that segment crumbles overnight?
> What do you think the US government expected from this?
That they’d beat Iran and have some friendly dictator installed in short order.
Are you arguing that this is going how the US planned?
When was the last time the US had this much trouble getting its allies to follow it into war?