are not tied solely to the dollar, but to a hegemony generated by military and structural power that formed through force; now, the structure and the threat or invasion are being confronted

In 1944, 44 countries made a deal.
Only ONE country got rich from it.
Most people have never heard of Bretton Woods.
But it's the reason America became the most powerful nation on Earth and it's the reason your money keeps losing value.
Let me explain the deal they made.
And why it was rigged from the start.
JULY 1944: THE MEETING THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
World War II is ending.
Europe is destroyed. Asia is in ruins.
But America? America is untouched. And America has something nobody else has:
75% of the world's gold.
So 730 delegates from 44 nations meet at a luxury hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire.
They're there to create a new world monetary system.
And America writes the rules.
THE DEAL
Here's what they agreed to:
- The U.S. dollar becomes the world's reserve currency
- Every other country pegs their currency to the dollar
- The U.S. promises to convert dollars to gold at $35 an ounce
For the rest of the world, this seemed fair.
Dollars were "as good as gold."
They could trade with America, hold dollars, and convert them to gold anytime.
But here's what they didn't see coming:
America could print dollars... and the world had to accept them.
This wasn't just a deal.
It was the greatest economic advantage ever handed to one nation.
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Think about what this meant:
✅ When France wanted to buy oil, they needed dollars.
✅ When Japan wanted to trade, they needed dollars.
✅ When Germany wanted to rebuild, they needed dollars.
The whole world needed dollars.
And only America could print them.
This is called "exorbitant privilege."
America could:
- Print money to pay for anything
- Run massive deficits without consequences
- Export inflation to the rest of the world
While every other country had to EARN dollars through exports America could just PRINT them.
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But there was a problem baked into the deal.
Economist Robert Triffin saw it in the 1960s:
"To supply the world with dollars, America must run deficits. But the more dollars America prints, the less gold it has to back them."
In other words:
The system REQUIRED America to cheat.
And it would collapse once everyone realized America WAS cheating.
And that's exactly what happened.
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1965–1971: THE WORLD CATCHES ON
By the late 1960s, France figured it out.
President Charles de Gaulle looked at America's gold reserves and did the math:
"They're printing way more dollars than they have gold to back."
So France did something smart:
They demanded their gold back.
3,000 tons of it.
Japan, Germany, and Switzerland followed.
Gold drained out of Fort Knox.
America was caught.
They didn't have enough gold to honor the Bretton Woods promise.
The deal was falling apart.
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AUGUST 15, 1971: AMERICA BREAKS THE DEAL
President Nixon went on TV and said:
"We're closing the gold window. Dollars are no longer convertible to gold."
He broke the Bretton Woods agreement.
Just like that.
No vote. No negotiation.
The world woke up the next day holding dollars... backed by nothing.
But here's the crazy part:
The dollar is STILL the world's reserve currency.
Even though it's backed by nothing.
Even though America broke the deal.
Why?
Because the world is trapped.
Oil is priced in dollars. Trade is done in dollars. Debt is denominated in dollars.
Countries can't escape even if they want to.
Most people think this is ancient history.
It's not.
Bretton Woods gave America a superpower:
The ability to print money and make the world accept it.
And America has been printing ever since.
Every time they print:
✅Your savings lose value
✅Prices go up
✅Your paycheck buys less
You're paying for America's "exorbitant privilege."
This is why I don't save dollars.
This is why I buy gold, silver, real estate, and businesses.
Because the Bretton Woods system never really ended.
It just became WORSE.
Now the dollar isn't backed by gold.
It's backed by... faith.
And faith is running out.
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In 1944, 44 countries made a deal.
America got the power to print the world's money.
Everyone else got the bill.
That deal is still in effect today.
The difference is now the dollar isn't backed by gold.
It's backed by nothing.
And they're printing trillions.
So here's your choice:
Keep saving dollars that are designed to lose value OR start holding real assets that survive currency collapse.
The deal was rigged from the start.
The question is: are you going to keep playing their game?