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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“The great American (<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>) cultural and economic <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/hegemony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hegemony</span></a> that has lasted for more than 80 years is coming to an end.</p><p>America's global economic <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leadership</span></a> was formalised in 1944, when 730 delegates from 44 allied nations met at the Mount Washington Hotel, in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, and agreed to base the global trading system on the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/USDollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDollar</span></a>, which would in turn be pegged to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gold</span></a>.” — Alan Kohler</p><p>An simple example. Yesterday sitting down catching up and talking to my neighbour, electric cars come up and the US variety was booed (guess which one) , the CH version lauded (BYD). The world is routing around the USA economically, right now.</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AlanKohler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlanKohler</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://abc.net.au/news/2025-04-07/tariffs-trump-world-will-move-on/105143574" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-07/tar</span><span class="invisible">iffs-trump-world-will-move-on/105143574</span></a>&gt;</p>
Whiskers 🇦🇺<p>If you’re feeling a bit gloomy <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AlanKohler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlanKohler</span></a> has a refreshing and upbeat perspective on the new world order.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-07/tariffs-trump-world-will-move-on/105143574" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-07/tar</span><span class="invisible">iffs-trump-world-will-move-on/105143574</span></a></p>
Clay T<p><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Australian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/financial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>financial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/journalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/AlanKohler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlanKohler</span></a> of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://c.im/@ABC" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ABC</span></a></span> has been the only commentator I've heard today who hasn't tried to <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/sanewash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanewash</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/BatShitCrazy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BatShitCrazy</span></a> effluent coming out of the mouth of the world's most dangerous man.</p><p>Kohler doesn't hold back. He describes <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> as a man with "zero expertise" who "doesn't know what he's doing". He describes the way that the <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/tarriffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tarriffs</span></a> were calculated as "bonkers".</p><p>When they come to throw you into the <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/gulag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gulag</span></a> Alan I'll proudly share a cell with you.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ABC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/DonaldJTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldJTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LovePenguinsHateTarriffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LovePenguinsHateTarriffs</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://iview.abc.net.au/video/NEWS2025105140482" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">iview.abc.net.au/video/NEWS202</span><span class="invisible">5105140482</span></a></p>
Heliograph<p>"if you torture statistics long enough they tell you everything" <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/AlanKohler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlanKohler</span></a> &gt;.&lt;</p>