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  • Hate to point it out, but it’s an entirely different scenario.

    43 USC §364.e: With respect to geographic names the pertinent decisions and principles issued by the Secretary shall be standard for all material published by the Federal Government. The United States Board on Geographical Names in the Department of the Interior created by Executive order, is abolished, and the duties of said Board are transferred to the Board herein created, and all departments, bureaus, and agencies of the Federal Government shall refer all geographic names and problems to the said Board for the purpose of eliminating duplication of work, personnel, and authority.

    We didn’t rename the Gulf, but the way its referenced from within the federal government (and its agencies) was changed by EO. Since Google is a government contractor, they’re contractually obligated (and legally obligated) to follow the nomenclature expressed by the US board on geographical names or they risk losing all of their government contracts.

    So did we change the name of the Gulf? No. Is it shown different to US residence now? Yes. Google additionally released a statement saying;

    “a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources.”










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    8 months ago

    I think rather you missed something. Not once have I said anything about the value of the dollar being China’s responsibility.

    I answered your direct question while ignoring the rest of the bullshit you made up without even pointing out that you pulled it from nowhere and it’s stupid. I think I did a pretty good job.



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    8 months ago

    Maybe the ideological end. I’m talking about the collapse of the dollar–which is synonymous with the US. We’re already talking about defaulting on loans, and now our economic competitors are offering safe haven for billions in investments because the dollar isn’t in a good place. People generally don’t like to flop large sums of money around. If its in dollars, they’ll keep it there until there’s a reason not to–and vice versa. If confidence in the dollar is low enough that people run to China for investment opportunities to protect their capital, they’ll never return to the dollar.