Peter Klevius $-analysis: US smooth GDP history growth graph gives a hint of the enormity of US 1971 "alignment" of the world-dollar* to "America first", compared to e.g. its now much poorer per capita UK twin.

* 1944 it was agreed to peg the world-dollar to gold. However, US also coerced others to accept that only US should control and print the world-dollar. This "exorbitant privilege" was not popular but the main thing was that the world-dollar was achored to something (gold price) that kept other currencies on the sam playing level as the US-dollar. But when US 1971 was bankrupt because it had lived over its means with costly wars, arms race, space program etc., it simply stole the dollar by unpegging it, which meant that the US feds could play with the dollar with impunity while other currencies paid the price, AND the South suffered the most. US impunity makes its blatant evil especially visible in making Israel's genocide against Palestinians possible* - while US obeying and abused "ally" UK is comlicite by still clinging to rogue state US no matter what evil it does. * Sweden has the same population size but much higher GDP. Sweden also has its own fighter jet...