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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cjjtulsa" data-source="post: 1865677" data-attributes="member: 6146">Our power and influence is greatly tied to the U.S. dollar being the reserve world currency, and particularly it's role as the "petro-dollar".  Let the BRICS nations start trading oil in their own currency/currencies, and watch how quickly we sink.  We are staying afloat by default, and the people don't know just how close we are to a catastrophic failure.There's few nations outside of the U.S. that I'd want to live, but as far as being the "greatest"?  The bar has been set pretty low these days.  I'd say no modern country is great; some are better than others.</blockquote>