Comments by "Emanon" (@Emanon...) on "Why Russia's Ceasefire Proposal to the U.S. Went Nowhere" video.

I know this is an academic outlook, but my God, it's callous and unsympathetic to simply refer to people suffering and dying in a war as "returns on US investment". I had to put it out there. Sorry.
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Yes, I agree. However the same can be said about nationals from countries at risk from having their assets frozen or being excluded from SWIFT. The US has also become an unreliable investor market for BRICS countries and others. The blade cuts sharply on both sides. The difference is that the US has effectively given the last impetus to ending the US Dollar's function as a reserve currency. This is what the US is afraid of more than anything and why they're ramping up the war rhetoric against China and Russia.
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This is probably your worst video to date. Not the general theory with regards to peace negotiations, but the dataset on which you've chosen to base your assumptions. Assuming that Russia is inherently unreliable, sure, but don't gaslight us into believing that the White House, the US State DPT or US media are honest actors. Case in point: Gaza. Nothing has been more egregiously biased and been directly disinformative than the US govt and media on this. Their credibility is therefore not a given and every piece of unverified reports and data must be dealt with the same due diligence you otherwise would Russia or other "infamous" actors. I'm tired of this charade and being fed BS, and being expected to never ask any questions. Y'all in the comments, go ahead, call me "comrade" or whatever. You'll be reinforcing my point about the bias and hidden propaganda. PS: If you think the US doesn't lie to achieve a political or military goal, I'll counter with a single word: Iraq
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@justinmillette9110 Sure, but the US also froze 300 billion dollars of Russian state assets. And excluded every Russian financial business and bank from SWIFT. That's the equivalent of the nuclear option in finance, and BRICS will respond in kind when they are able to not far in the future. The US and Europe are no longer the lion's share of the world economy. We're fucked and we let the Americans do it to all of us.
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@justinmillette9110 YouTube keeps deleting my comments, so heres the short version: Yes, you're right. But The US froze (essentially stole, as it's earmarked for Ukraine) 300 billion dollars of state assets. Add to that the exclusion of Russian banks and financial companies from SWIFT, and that's the equivalent of the nuclear option. BRICS are therefore planning to end the US Dollar as a reserve currency for that reason.
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