Quote from: ArticMine on March 05, 2013, 04:01:38 AM

Quote from: jubalix on March 05, 2013, 03:09:40 AM

... USA/CAD ...

It is USD not USA and it is as related to CAD as CNY is related to VND. Seriously just because two countries share a border it does not mean one can blindly just treat them as one.

It starts to get really tiresome sometimes when Canada is treated as if it were the 51st state of the United States.

I humbly suggest you research the term client state

as >> tvbcof notes, influence is being lost by USA...why?...CNY on the rise...note news

[1] spratty's island claims VND/CNY/JPY [USA quite quiet about this]

[2] note encirclement of CNY BY USA

[3] rumblings about FLK when us will have to put pacific before FLK for UK who have no carrier right now.

Almost USA is sorta (very sorta) becoming what USSR was a massive spending machine on weapons, at the expense of domestic needs...though not yet to the same degree, because the investment infrastructure is vastly different.

The only real hope the USA has is some of the Boston boys took a really long view on CNY from 200 - 60 years back they saw a rise of china, and that's a lot of what the rebuild Japan / extended Marshal plan was all about...its sorta bearing fruit for the US now as it has bases on CNY doorstep, but alot more debt than it expected in CNY ledger...at this stage....so it may only really succeed in shooting itself in the foot. Conversely CNY would like nothing more than to quietly unwind its position to the USD, and by quietly I mean while being able to choose thier own RMB level...due to domestic implications.

Quote from: tvbcof on March 05, 2013, 04:17:13 AM

Quote from: ArticMine on March 05, 2013, 04:01:38 AM

Quote from: jubalix on March 05, 2013, 03:09:40 AM

... USA/CAD ...

It is USD not USA and it is as related to CAD as CNY is related to VND. Seriously just because two countries share a border it does not mean one can just blindly lump them together as one.

In spite of my promise to keep quit, I cannot let this one pass. The Mt.Gox/CoinLabs goings-on are one of many examples which point to your being wrong. I think you are blinded by hope. Most Western countries are vassals of the US (almost by definition the of term 'Western' at this point) and Canada certainly so as a country well within our sphere of influence geographically and rich in resources. Even New Zealand which has neither of these problems is demonstrably subjugated as evidenced by the Dotcom events.

I personally have some disagreement with the assertion that the US is the 'leader of the free world', but it's the term 'free' which I have issues with. Not 'leader'. If you don't believe me on this just pay attention to future events.