Unsurprisingly, he and his family were doxed by angry traders.

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    Dollars represent faith in the power of the US government to extract taxes from its population

    Lol, the debt will never be repaid with taxes.

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        You live in fantasy land if you think the US has that power, any government that tries this would be overthrown.

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          The thing is… the market disagrees with you. For now. But hey, put your money where your mouth is! I’ll give you a hundred rubles for a hundred dollars. If you really think the US government is impotent and on the verge of collapse…

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            Haha, which market disagrees? The bond market, the gold market, the bitcoin market, the housing market?

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              Since we are discussing dollars and not houses, that would be the FOREX market. The dollar is very strong at the moment.

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                So you don’t even know how the bond market and the dollar are related, and you attack my personality when I show your argument is wrong, which you don’t understand because you don’t understand the bond market.

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                  FOREX is explicitly the market that compares the strength of competing currencies.

                  I’m aware of how the bond market works. What is your problem with the bond market?