I’ve developed a simple heuristic: If someone unironically invokes petrodollar as an explanation for anything in 2026, they’re probably not worth taking seriously.

Financial Times: "There’s no such thing as the petrodollar"

https://www.ft.com/content/be345914-7b4b-4264-bcbd-6e5e33b79...

https://archive.is/4rn8t

I am personally convinced that there are many more people pretending to understand geopolitics than people who actually understand. It could be that no one truly understands due to the amount of fractal complexity and emergence.

seriously. instant indicator that their world view is irreversibly warped by tiktok politics.