Putin will be making multiples of what he budgeted for. 4 years of sanctions and work to limit Putin's ability to sell oil undone in one week. Ukraine has been stabbed in the back.
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2centpieceMar 15, 2026
+80
More like stabbed in the front, Trump didn't even have the courtesy to stab them in the back.
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PaidUSAMar 15, 2026
+13
While Trump doesn’t take their help with drones which will almost certainly lead to unnecessary deaths when he puts boots down.
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AshikuraMar 15, 2026
+3
We’ll have to see how much they actually start seeing in sales. I do agree this is very likely a massive boon to Russia but there’s like a 1% chance it doesn’t end up that way.
Unfortunately Trumps been weakening Ukraine so consistently that I worry they’re in a hopeless place if this does work out for Russia.
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KoolauMar 15, 2026
+82
Weird, I wonder what is causing all these fires.
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ToughCurrent8487Mar 15, 2026
+94
When oil hits 150 or 200 Trump will lose support of his billionaire buddies and things will get interesting.
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superduperlongdongMar 15, 2026
+110
Billionaires benefit from high oil prices. They prefer unstable markets and are completely immune from any economic pressure normal people feel. They want more monopolies, more power and more corruption. Oil could be $500 a barrel they would still fly jets and buy yachts
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TimeTravelingChrisMar 15, 2026
+66
US Oil companies like it. Higher oil is an EXPENSE for every other industry.
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AdditionalActuator81Mar 15, 2026
+11
Yes and stock goes down and they can buy it all up for c**** and then bam the fed prints money or oil starts flowing again and they are twice as rich
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maybelyingMar 15, 2026
+39
Free markets don't work very well when nobody can afford to buy anything
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DultsboiMar 15, 2026
+7
You’re also operating under the assumption that the capital class believes in or wants a free market
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GoodOmensMar 15, 2026
+20
You are assuming that billionaires are both rational and smart and I assure you they are neither.
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AV15Mar 15, 2026
+2
It's only called anyway that because the owning class are free to do as they wish
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PillowPrincess314Mar 15, 2026
+11
With what money? When people can only afford to buy gas to get back and forth to work, they're going to get rid of the extras.
Food, housing and utilities have already skyrocketed. Not to mention the increased cost of goods due to the tariffs. Companies are laying off at what seems like regular intervals.
Unless the billionaires are going to buy from each other...
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zibdaboMar 15, 2026
+11
Billionaires are going to eat the millionaires.
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wh4tth3huhMar 16, 2026
+1
Well ya, they'll buy the cheapest uniforms they can get for their serfs in their murder-drone policed neo-feudalist enclaves.
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PaidUSAMar 15, 2026
+6
This just isn’t true. C**** oil is quite literally the lubricant that keeps them rich and their world order spinning. Without c**** oil the consumer quickly becomes impossible to squeeze anymore. Everything tanks, sure they could buy up more houses and some stocks but there’s no recovering this time the whole petro dollar charade would be done and suddenly their wealth is gone. This is like one of the few ways to actually wipe out the US economy even with the AI bubble. People are piling into the dollar mildly atm betting on the US finding a way out. If that way out doesn’t come before too long it’s joever.
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mysticzoomMar 15, 2026
+2
The markets, playgrounds of those billion owners will care.
When they watch 3/4 of their wealth evaporate, they will care.
All manner of markets are down stream of crude.
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ConformistWithCauseMar 15, 2026
+1
It reminds me of when we were going through that chip shortage and the ceo was basically daydreaming while being interviewed
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redvelvetcake42Mar 15, 2026
+1
>Billionaires benefit from high oil prices.
Common misconception. Fuel getting more expensive means transporting gets more expensive which means companies end up spending WAY more on transportation and stock goes down cause there's no effective offset.
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FatherOftenMar 15, 2026
+4
I believe we could see $200 a barrel because of the insanity.
You have to understand that means global depression. The US will hurt bad for a long while if $200 a barrel hits and stays for any length of time, but all other nations will fare even worse.
Now for some there are upsides to high oil and market chaos. Chaos is a ladder for the prepared and clever. High energy will also pay very well for anyone correctly positioned.
Its going to touch every aspect of every industry in a primarily negative way until it begins depressing things. That being said some major players have been created during war and severe economic downturns all throughout history. Lots of great biographies and history books on it. There will always be a large number of industries that have to keep going and all of their supportive niches will also gain.
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Durian881Mar 15, 2026
+2
What's more interesting is what other countries will do. Don't think the rest of the world is happy with the US created mess. Only Russia seemed to be the major beneficiary.
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PlateNo4868Mar 15, 2026
+1
Yes but he will probably spend a couple 100 American lives to prevent it. He is going the Putin route and just doubling down.
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namotousMar 15, 2026
+1
Oil billionaires benefit from higher oil prices. If anything, id argue that they paid trump to start this war
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ComposedStudentMar 15, 2026
+10
Do the Iranians see the the Emirates as traitors, because they are closely aligned with the United States?
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Kooky-Guitar-4638Mar 15, 2026
+11
No, it's more likey because they're closely aligned with Israel.
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rupturefunkMar 15, 2026
+4
Iran follows a totally different school of Islam from most Muslim nations so they've been somewhat isolated from their neighbors since the revolution.
They're also fairly well developed and have generally had strong allies like Russia and Pakistan so they've not needed much from other Gulf states, more rivalry than friendship.
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TangledPangolinMar 15, 2026
+1
Traitors to what? The Iranians don't have anything in common with the Emiratis, and there's no reason to expect loyalty from the Emiratis in the first place.
I think some portion of Arabs see the Emirati government as traitors, if that's what you're getting at. But it has nothing to do with Iran.
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nurseferatouMar 15, 2026
+2
Well Sunni, lemme tell you, their Shiite show has been going on for centuries
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Jake24601Mar 15, 2026
+1
Ah yes nothing like planning on a quick victory with no logistic support or plan in place against a nation waiting and arming itself for the past 47 years.
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