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This is interesting because the US government has clearly been very friendly with the Saudi regime for decades, supports monarchy / authoritarianism there militarily and diplomatically, developed the petrodollar system with them which saves the average American household thousands of dollars a year and allows the US government to run a $40 trillion dollar debt with favorable interest rates. Several advantages America has over other Western nations and the rest of the world come from this partnership.
In a sense every American makes money off of Saudi Arabia and doesn't realize it. Perhaps that's something they didn't consent to so they shouldn't be held accountable. But if the petrodollar ended tomorrow, inflation in the US would spike almost immediately through currency devaluation and a bond crisis would likely follow.
The first morally logical step would be to petition one's own government to stop supporting the Saudi monarchy militarily and diplomatically.
Tl;dr: The US is the reason Saudi Arabia has international legitimacy and respect. If anyone wants to change that, start with them.
Wonât work. Saudi spectacularly demolished some NY real estate and the US bent over backwards to pretend Afghanistan was to blame.
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Well that just makes the US government look worse. I'm all for bringing down theocratic monarchies but if one's democratically elected government is the only thing propping that up, it would make much more sense to direct the rage there, within a system that answers to its people. Either that or it looks like they're enjoying the financial benefits of the partnership quietly while engaging in moral grandstanding outwardly.
If one's morality is on a firm foundation, petition your government to bring an end to the petrodollar. The Saudi monarchy will fall as you wish for it to. Anything less amounts to hipocrisy.
Might work someday if we ever get out of the oil industry. But this probably wonât be in any of your kidsâ or even grandkidsâ lifetimes.