• Black AOC
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      Was gonna say “that’s wild, he just described Amerikans!”

  • @NothingButBits@lemmygrad.ml
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    Lol, if the EU can’t do business with Saudi Arabia, where the hell are they gonna get NatGas and oil from? Europe is over. There’s just no way the US can fulfill all their energy needs regardless of the price.

    • “We must end OPEC’s illegal price-fixing cartel, eliminate military assistance to Saudi Arabia, and move aggressively to renewable energy,”

      Holy shit i called it. The moment OPEC tug the leash USA will tear at them like the rabid human biting their own dog.

      Also who the fuck is even responsible for that “illegal price-fixing cartel” in the first place?

      • Amicese
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        and Bernie Sanders said that quote too.

        Demsocs at their finest!

        • @PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml
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          It’s kinda funny story, at first it was founded by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela to oppose anglo oil giants and their states doing things like the Iran coup. Problem is, despite it being a real deal shameless cartel, it’s too weak to truly monopolise oil production and too weak and disorganised to have any kind of common defense against US military (we can observe effects on the case of Iraq, Syria, Libya). and thus later it was forced to enter an uneasy pact with USA, resulting in creation of the petrodollar standard - which is one of the main reasons for US hegemony. That said, they have around half of the world oil production, which is enough to have giant economical influence.

          So if chauvinist like Sanders is frothing at his mouth at them, it means either that they just decided that without consultation with US or ignored the US warning to not do it. Because lowering production in brewing of westernwide energy crisis will not only cause much trouble for US and EU but also strenghten other exporters though rising prices. Chiefly Russia.

  • @pgtl_10@lemmygrad.mlOP
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    This commenter responded to me and claimed I’m racist against white people because I said white people expect brown and black people to give them everything on demand.

    Funny how this commenter thinks it’s racist for brown and black people not to do so.

    Of course, I got downvoted because of this “progressive” subreddit.