Jiang argues that most Americans would reject reserve-currency status if they understood its costs, but the country remains addicted to the easy money it creates, producing a contradiction between national interest and elite dependence.
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Elite dependence
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Jiang says aging rulers are also sustained by entourages whose own power depends on the leader staying alive and in office.
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"That is his mission. That is his game. If he really wants to destroy the American empire, he needs to destroy the value of..."
"So yeah, we don't want to be the world reserve currency. The problem though is that they're addicted to it because it's such easy..."
"I mean, we sort of like underestimate the possibility. How of the human will and human faith. So I understand like these leaders are..."
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