Yeah dog, I’ve read Stephanie Kelton. Obv with a sovereign fiat currency the US could meet its debt obligations but losing the global reserve status would change the game in many ways esp with a 150% debt to GDP ratio, a largely fictitious economy, and a precarious angry desperately poor workforce.

As for the final paragraphs, yeah I largely agree. The Dems are handing the next two election cycles to Republicans, they already have a supermajority on the supreme court, and will do their best to turn the country into some authoritarian theocratic corporate hellscape. I could see a potential balanced budget amendment and the ***irrevocable** harm that would cause