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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dw_innovation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dw_innovation</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thailand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thailand</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Uyghurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uyghurs</span></a></p><p>(1/n) </p><p>*"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thai</span></a> authorities deported a group of 40 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Uyghur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uyghur</span></a> men to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> last month"..."the hell those 40 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Uyghurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uyghurs</span></a> will face back in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Xinjiang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xinjiang</span></a>"* <br>The last time <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bangkok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bangkok</span></a> did this was in 2015.</p><p>👉It is possible to see this as a precursor to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>' waning geopolitical influence, as the disastrous <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trumpean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Foreign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Foreign</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economic</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> policies of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmericaFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericaFirst</span></a>.👈 The...</p><p><a href="https://www.dw.com/en/thailands-uyghur-deportations-balancing-china-and-the-west/a-72028596" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dw.com/en/thailands-uyghur-dep</span><span class="invisible">ortations-balancing-china-and-the-west/a-72028596</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> </p><p>Locking in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trumpean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCuts</span></a> for the rich would be almost as disastrous as a default:</p><p>Interest rates will rise, as the external value of US government debt (e.g. Treasury Bills) will fall, as the country's credit rating will go down.<br>Less demand for the dollar will mean a weaker exchange rate and therefore higher (imported) inflation for all goods in which the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> economy is not self-sufficient.</p><p>Have to re-finance your mortgage and could pay more bucks for your loan...</p>