• nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    15 hours ago

    Thanks to everyone refusing to spend money in or toward my country right now, you’re literally keeping money away from an organization trying to terrorize and imprison us or worse.

    Screwing over FIFA is a nice cherry on top too.

    • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip
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      11 hours ago

      I’m leaving the US and one of the first things I did was convert all my USD to local currency. I’m doing my best to actively extract from the US and bring it elsewhere, to hell with my home country

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        8 hours ago

        I’m confused as to why you think converting your money was a notable act? What was the alternative?

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          7 hours ago

          More people dumping usd means lower demand for it, potentially lowers it’s value. I know it’s more complicated than that and my contribution is basically pennies but I’m hoping it helps a bit

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            5 hours ago

            That’s… not how currency markets works. At all. Tell me, what do you think happened to the dollars?

            You essentially exported them. More US dollars are now in international use than before.

            As you said, not a significant amount in any way, but just bizarre to celebrate contributing almost nothing to the wrong outcome.

            • VAK@lemmy.world
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              55 minutes ago

              Do you want them to hold onto it forever, never use it or burn them? (Which will lower inflation for usd based economies anyway)