our currency is in demand from yemen to russia because the sale of oil in dollars is standardized by OPEC, which was an agreement reached in exchange for influence over our foreign policy. these countries don't just, like,*really* super duper love our values.
agree america is an idea, but it is also a place. a certain measure of immigration is healthy, but in conjunction with an increasingly-bloated social welfare state the calculus is not uncomplicated.
