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Source: https://www.wsj.com/world/how-america-inadvertently-created-an-axis-of-evasion-led-by-china-0a9bc477

Article is paywalled by the way, but you get the jist from the first paragraphs anyway, "oh no, we can't subdue the US's enemies, ahem, i mean "authoritarian enemies of democracy" through unilateral coercive measures, sorry, "sanctions" anymore, blah, blah, blah...".

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[–] multitotal@lemmygrad.ml 67 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

"shadow economy"

I like how they think that an economy in which the US isn't dominant is a "shadow" one.

[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 33 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

With all of the sanctions it is imposing, the western bloc is actually the one quickly making itself into the shadow economy of the world. The rest of the world will go on trading with each other and rising up while the West chooses to isolate itself further and further in its stagnant bubble of "freedom and democracy and rules based order".

Objectively this is a good thing but as someone stuck inside that bubble with no way out i have to say it's a bit of a bummer.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

The US is doing it's best to emancipate the world from the US dollar. It's great witnessing what no dialectics does to mfers.

[–] landlords_morghulis@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The current US regime are unintentional accelerationists 💣 💣 💣

[–] culpritus@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago

It's called Harm Reduction smuglord

[–] huf@hexbear.net 28 points 5 months ago

it's tax evasion under article "where's my money, huh, where's my fucking money?!" of the world american tax code...

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 5 months ago

I mean kind of makes sense that wasps would see the economy that the global majority participates in as the shadow economy, while the one dominated by the western minority as the glorious legitimate economy.

[–] InappropriateEmote@hexbear.net 42 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Article is paywalled by the way

Article now un-paywalled: https://archive.is/KxDP6 wall explosion qin-shi-huangdi-fireball

More 'interesting' visual data there as well as some cringe comments!

[–] Abracadaniel@hexbear.net 31 points 5 months ago

full-scale invasion

leo-point

[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Thanks, that's super helpful. The graphs are interesting but nothing we haven't seen or heard before in some form or another. Still, always useful to have a mainstream source to be able to confront liberals in denial with the cold hard data.

What's most surprising is that some of the people commenting on the article seem actually way less delusional than whoever writes these pieces. I'm used to the readership of US MSM outlets being very ideologically liberal. I guess WSJ attracts a slightly different sort than your NYT or your WaPo.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 26 points 5 months ago

well, well, well, if this isn't the consequences of my own actions

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 24 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] HumongousChungus@hexbear.net 25 points 5 months ago

they forgor posad

[–] REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 5 months ago

Propably is, but doesn't receive as much attention.

[–] Aru@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 5 months ago

The axis of duck soup

[–] MasterDeeLuke@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 5 months ago

Gotta love the invisible hand coming in to correct things.

[–] supersolid_snake@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 5 months ago

Katt Williams bit about yelling "fuck everybody in the club" and not being able to walk back to your car safely comes to mind again

[–] vaguevoid@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

axis of evil all over again

[–] landlords_morghulis@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 5 months ago

Gotta dust that one off for maximum impact and zero credibility. That title has to be one of the most comically heavy handed things I've seen recently