America is propped up by reliance on oil.
this post was submitted on 02 Sep 2026
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yada yada and more standard childish propaganda for the local peeps. The closer truth is that US didn't have to care about any of that before, but now, they can no longer extort the rest of the world anymore, and all the exorbitant privileges the merican peeps have always had - WILL be taken away from them. Slam!
Biden and the rest of the Dems are also run by the oligarchy (NO, you didn't have 'Democracy' before either - look it up), and followed the exact same foreign extortion strategy (extort and keep good nations down) as everyone see openly now. Mask are just off, and the Oligarchy are panicking - that's all. However, Dems are being propagandised to believe that everything were fine until ONE orange man destroyed the finest progressive democracy in the world - come ooonn peeps..
US society and global hegemony was always a ponzi scheme sustained by wars, suppression/extortion, but touted/presented to the merican peeps, as a "capitalist succes !" - an archaic governance belief-system that is 'coincidentally' also the best societal substrate for oligarchs to prosper in. Merican 'succes' was always about stolen money/resources by extortion/aggression, and ALL merican/capitalist virtues and dogmas was just propaganda to please the home peeps. You think extorting Venezuela was a new thing for US to do ? Using nations as proxy warriors to harm US 'enemies' ? Supporting the Izraeli pschos was only the orange man ?? Come on, wake up and start noticing what a horror society you have been living in your whole lives, and discover how much pure evil your lack of activism have caused the rest of the world !
You will all find that all the political activist - 'Socialists', 'Commies', 'Anti-fascists' etc from the so-called "Far right/left/up/down/whatever" was always correct in their attacks on the 100 yo Merican Oligarch/fascist run 'Empire of Lies'. Time to wake/look up from the propaganda echo-chamber and swallow the realisation that you have all been conned - manipulated - your entire lives for the benefit of the 1% !
It’s a good thing, ICE technology has been pushed past its practical use. Manufactures were making too many compromises to increase fuel economy the ultra light oil they are using is bad for the engines and is one of the main reasons why new cars today aren’t as reliable as ones from the early 2000’s.
The price of gas will probably drive most people who can over to electric or hybrid. But those engines will probably be more reliable now.
the ultra light oil they are using is bad for the engines
Conspiracy theory; as long as oil film is maintained, oil is doing its job. Just having higher pressure (i.e resistance to flow) doesn't make it better in reality.
Modern ICE vehicles are shit if you're in the US because American manufacturers have gone from shit to diarrhea. The Japanese still make very reliable cars even though fuel economy is almost as atrocious as the Americans. The Germans make cars that, if maintained, still last a very, very long time with tons of power on low fuel consumption, though you'll occasionally run into issues with stuff like plastic coolant pipes since they, too, have gone down in quality to save money and weight and the engines themselves are very complex to achieve the balance of power and fuel economy.
There are many many reasons cars are not as reliable as they used to be. Complicated electrical systems, engine parts made increasingly of plastic, individual parts that can’t be repaired and require the replacement of an entire component (I.E. Your door handle breaks and the only way to fix it is to replace the entire door panel.).
But the light oil issue is a major one for drive trains. Many engines weren’t originally designed for the ultra lightweight oil and their seals don’t hold up over the long term.
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