RWDT XX: The System Is Kapp Putsch

[United Muscovite Nations]

US can likely force Hormuz open without much trouble.

Why would we open it?

[Questarian New Yorkshire]

if Iran closes it and tries to prevent Arabs from exporting through it

[Proctopeo]

oil is literally less than worthless now?
how the fuck

[United Muscovite Nations]

oil is literally less than worthless now?
how the fuck

Oil supply is so much greater than demand that oil companies are literally having to pay the market to take their oil.

[New Lunenburg]

Haha that does sound fun. I suppose the Mass in honour of Bl. Karl is the Austrian equivalent of our Masses in England said in honour of Charles, King and Martyr.

We're not Austrian.
Why American trads have such a devotion to him, I'm not sure. He speaks to us, somehow.

I suppose it's the lack of Saints that represent a Catholic America in the same way that a beatified Habsburg represents Catholic Austria. It's somewhat similar in England given that Catholicism was forced underground for centuries and was mainly grown by waves of Irish, Italian and Polish immigration after that.

[Questarian New Yorkshire]

oil is literally less than worthless now?
how the fuck

it means if you own futures in oil you move them for a loss because you expect their value to decrease (whereas the buyer doesnt)

[Proctopeo]

oil is literally less than worthless now?
how the fuck

Oil supply is so much greater than demand that oil companies are literally having to pay the market to take their oil.

absolute madmen

[Salus Maior]

oil is literally less than worthless now?
how the fuck

Time to stock up.

[Proctopeo]

oil is literally less than worthless now?
how the fuck

Time to stock up.

[Sundiata]

More faithful, potentially.

Given the YouTuber in question they're probably a bunch of zoomers who know nothing of scripture.

That's just fine. Our Lord didn't come for the learned.

[Washington Resistance Army]

Given the YouTuber in question they're probably a bunch of zoomers who know nothing of scripture.

That's just fine. Our Lord didn't come for the learned.

I don't think he came for tide pod eaters either

[Cekoviu]

oil is literally less than worthless now?
how the fuck

green revolution time, my lads

[Italios]

if Iran closes it and tries to prevent Arabs from exporting through it

why would we though? negative oil prices can't be healthy for the US. we export a lot of oil too, we're going to take loses from this, especially because as of 2019 we're ramping up oil production to fill in venezuela's gap in the market.

[Sildorian Empire]

oil is literally less than worthless now?
how the fuck

green revolution time, my lads

Honestly I hope this thing jump-starts the entry of the world into using only clean energy, but it's more likely we'll get a war to rectify the situation than anything sane.

[Fahran]

Religion has been historically more high status than it is today, whether or not individually women are more religious than men.

US is a bit behind on the trend compared to Europe, but religion is losing, not gaining statius.

And women remain more religious than men in the United States, even as religion becomes somewhat less associated with status. The same appears to hold true of Latin America and Europe as well. In terms of claimed adherence to a religion, there doesn't seem to be a single country where men surpass women. In the countries where women fall behind in terms of attending services, it's notable that women's ability to travel and engage in activity beyond the home is often quite limited - with male relatives needing to be present in some places. My point here is that women always seem to have been important as a subsection of the congregation and have usually been less willing to stray.

Source

[Questarian New Yorkshire]

if Iran closes it and tries to prevent Arabs from exporting through it

why would we though? negative oil prices can't be healthy for the US. we export a lot of oil too, we're going to take loses from this, especially because as of 2019 we're ramping up oil production to fill in venezuela's gap in the market.

yeah exactly.

If Iran tries to close the strait and cut the price of oil further (or in fact in any situation) US could probably easily force the strait open again.

[Questarian New Yorkshire]

Religion has been historically more high status than it is today, whether or not individually women are more religious than men.

US is a bit behind on the trend compared to Europe, but religion is losing, not gaining statius.

And women remain more religious than men in the United States, even as religion becomes somewhat less associated with status. The same appears to hold true of Latin America and Europe as well. In terms of claimed adherence to a religion, there doesn't seem to be a single country where men surpass women. In the countries where women fall behind in terms of attending services, it's notable that women's ability to travel and engage in activity beyond the home is often quite limited - with male relatives needing to be present in some places. My point here is that women always seem to have been important as a subsection of the congregation and have usually been less willing to stray.

Source

That's mildly interesting (sincerely) but it doesn't detract from what I was saying.

[United Muscovite Nations]

why would we though? negative oil prices can't be healthy for the US. we export a lot of oil too, we're going to take loses from this, especially because as of 2019 we're ramping up oil production to fill in venezuela's gap in the market.

yeah exactly.

If Iran tries to close the strait and cut the price of oil further (or in fact in any situation) US could probably easily force the strait open again.

Closing the strait would raise the price.

[Novus America]

why would we though? negative oil prices can't be healthy for the US. we export a lot of oil too, we're going to take loses from this, especially because as of 2019 we're ramping up oil production to fill in venezuela's gap in the market.

yeah exactly.

If Iran tries to close the strait and cut the price of oil further (or in fact in any situation) US could probably easily force the strait open again.

But Iran closing the straight would increase oil prices, which is actually what we want. Plus cut our competition out of the market.

Them closing it would benefit us.

[Questarian New Yorkshire]

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yeah duh, brainfart, sorry

[Fahran]

That's mildly interesting (sincerely) but it doesn't detract from what I was saying.

It's mostly a contradiction with a previous point you made. Christian women especially seem to be observant and active in their community. Jewish, Muslim, and Hindu women aren't doing too shabby either, though we seem to fall behind in attendance and prayers for a variety of reasons. And women are more likely than men to self-identify with these religions everywhere.

women mostly aren’t religious (read: christian) because religion is low status. in islamic or hindu societies where religion is high status, almost all women are religious

[Luminesa]

why would we though? negative oil prices can't be healthy for the US. we export a lot of oil too, we're going to take loses from this, especially because as of 2019 we're ramping up oil production to fill in venezuela's gap in the market.

yeah exactly.

If Iran tries to close the strait and cut the price of oil further (or in fact in any situation) US could probably easily force the strait open again.

Would that cause a war? Is there any perceivable way to fix this?

[Fahran]

i pray every day iran does the right thing and closes the strait of hormuz lol

It's gonna be glorious, they might bring it back up to 0$ if they do it fast enough lmao

I appreciate this banter.

[Questarian New Yorkshire]

yeah exactly.

If Iran tries to close the strait and cut the price of oil further (or in fact in any situation) US could probably easily force the strait open again.

Would that cause a war? Is there any perceivable way to fix this?

aside from my prior brainfart

On a general note if Iran "closes the strait of Hormuz" that involves aero-naval forces physically preventing any ships from entering or leaving. The task is then to the US Navy (and whoever else they can get to help them, possibly British, French and Indians) to "open" the strait by pretty much uninstalling the Iranian navy and air force, which wouldn't be too big of a problem.

[Luminesa]

Would that cause a war? Is there any perceivable way to fix this?

aside from my prior brainfart

On a general note if Iran "closes the strait of Hormuz" that involves aero-naval forces physically preventing any ships from entering or leaving. The task is then to the US Navy (and whoever else they can get to help them, possibly British, French and Indians) to "open" the strait by pretty much uninstalling the Iranian navy and air force, which wouldn't be too big of a problem.

Sooooo is the US economy unfixable or no? My rational mind says anything is fixable, but my panic switch says, “What, how?”