America is now $39 trillion in debt.
You’ve been told the system is stable, but for decades, the real foundation of American power wasn’t gold, it was oil.
Ever since the 1970s, the global economy has depended on one simple rule – if you want energy, you need dollars.
Every country buying oil had to first buy U.S. currency, creating massive global demand that helped America finance wars, expand its economy, and pile up mountains of debt.
Now, that system is starting to crack.
China, BRICS, and major oil-producing nations are building alternatives designed to bypass the dollar entirely. And if fewer countries need dollars, fewer countries need to buy U.S. debt.
That’s where this becomes personal.
America already spends over $1 trillion a year just paying interest on its debt, mortgage rates, inflation, retirement savings… All of it depends on foreign governments continuing to absorb trillions in American bonds.
From the collapse of Bretton Woods and the secret U.S.-Saudi oil deal, to China’s mBridge system and the slow unraveling of the petrodollar era, this is the story of how oil helped sustain America’s debt machine, and what happens if the world stops playing along.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 – America’s $39 Trillion Debt
00:52 – The Dollar Illusion
02:52 – The Secret Petrodollar Deal
06:53 – China Builds a Way Around
10:09 – The Slow Death of the Dollar
12:59 – The Bill Lands on You
13:01 – The Final Domino
15:21 – What Happens When It Breaks
Narrated by: Josh Risser
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That was defo a.i
Maybe the reason they can't get inflation below 3% is because we never went back to pre-pandemic spending levels. All those trillions we printed are going somewhere.
so america likes to literally hold other countrys at gunpoint
The system has realized it is much more efficient to create debt and make bubbles burst rather than not issuing any debt and freezing all development. It is part of the fractal money creation of recent decades and, objectively, it works (despite what anyone says to the contrary, we are all richer)
i pray that this government fails in this lifetime
Remember that usa also started wars in middle East for this dollar = oil reasons.
One great example is how they kill3d Iran democracy leader because he did not agree with usa term.
This lead to current Iran state.
So, the value of the US dollar is based upon the work value of the American people. The people in our government has used that to make themselves completely wealthy.
Watching the rapid collapse of the USA since trump has been fascinating.
Trump is trying to save USA . Canada needs a Trump
Dumbed down shite made for the dumbed down American Bipedal BigMac. Unwatchable garbage.
Could not have named a chapter so aptly as ‘Enter the Dragon’ ????
Wild how one oil deal decades ago still kind of shapes the whole global economy today.
Paddy's dollars
ALL this might not matter 00:18 Eastern Time Officially DEFCON 3,
Out with old in with the new, that transition hurts
Recently watched the news regarding a power outage due to a storm & the headline stated “29,300 customers lost power”. We’re not even residents we’re customers ????
Time for US to build a Dyson sphere around the Sun and make everyone buy electricity. ????
The infographics show is a propaganda channel. There is no alternative to the dollar. Nobody trusts China. BRICS countries don't trust each other.
13:06 – "pieces of eight" was also a global currency at the height of Spanish colonialism
Interestingly enough EU could've technically caused a lot of problems for the USA. Iraq before invasion said it would trade in EURO. But EU acts as US extension.
YOUTH SHOULD REFUSE FINANCING BOOMERS' PENSIONS
PERIOD / LET THERE BE WAR