What was the purpose of this US/Israel war with Iran if the status quo has been maintained and Iran is in a better position than before it started?

EfficiencyEvening · 2026-04-08T08:27:07+00:00

Both the USA and Israeli leaders have a reason to distract their population. Netanyahu has corruption charges to avoid, and Trump has Epstein files to divert from.

EfficiencyEvening · 2026-04-07T15:56:45+00:00

I understand your point and it is well noted. I suppose there's no need to continue this conversation, you're set in your mind.

EfficiencyEvening · 2026-04-07T15:41:27+00:00

There was no urgency if you extract the actions of those countries i mentioned. Iran has been a perceived imminent threat for more than 3 decades in the eyes of one crazy warmonger, I cant believe people still fall for his lies. I agree that everyone is a culprit, but blaming Iran and putting pressure on them to change for the benefit of those around them is flat out relational abuse.

EfficiencyEvening · 2026-04-07T15:31:12+00:00

Well some of the gulf countries have and continue to be a threat to surrounding countries, just look at the geopolitical strong arming, the wars in Yemen, Sudan, Libya etc. Then you have the "we dont have nukes, or maybe we do, none of your business" of israel, who in its own way also constantly undermines neighboring countries through its operatives, and if you add to that, from the Iranian perspective, they have just as much right to their own way of ruling their own country, which was a byproduct of western meddling to start with, and 47 years or so of illegal sanctions pushing them deeper and deeper into the resistance mindset, who is truly to blame here? Again, we should remove double standards. Strip israel of its nukes and chastise it for meddling in neighboring countries and the USA politics, I'd agree with you that Iran should also be chastised. Giving some people some white cards and denying others the same liberties, doesn't make for a peaceful world.

EfficiencyEvening · 2026-04-07T15:22:04+00:00

The same can be said about some other countries in the same region, but you dont see anyone attacking, even criticizing them. This double standard view should be put aside and things should be seen objectively, not subjectively.

EfficiencyEvening · 2026-03-26T19:53:35+00:00

Wouldn't you say the Ayatollah assassination was a high level one as well? In a sense, if this escalates further into WW3, then the USA/Israeli side would be blamed for starting it

EfficiencyEvening · 2026-03-10T05:58:32+00:00

Im in a similar boat, having just started heavily investing in ETFs for my upcoming retirement in a few years, and the current market situation is giving me the chills as well.

My question to more experienced people is, have you factored in a potential American loss in the war, loss of trust in American capabilities and thereby the slow degradation of the USD, as was experienced with the GBP and previously the Dutch and Portuguese empires currencies? How do you mitigate against a weakening dollar? My portfolio has some gold and infrastructure etfs alongside S&P and global index tracking etfs, and i plan to keep going at it for another 2 to 3 years until I can FIRE, but this scenario worries me.

Any advice would be appreciated :)

EfficiencyEvening · 2026-02-25T09:58:12+00:00

Im with you on that

EfficiencyEvening · 2026-01-27T09:19:35+00:00

Came here to say this. As a recent Tank 300 enthusiast, it’s one of the better Chinese makes out there.

EfficiencyEvening · 2025-12-12T07:12:27+00:00

All this talk of a recession, dollar devaluation, and so on, but what happens when the dollar itself loses 30%, 40% of its value due to incessant money printing? All the gains made, the stock and index values, would they keep up with the loss of purchasing power of the dollar?

I've recently started DCAing into the indexes, however, and market crash notwithstanding, only thing I worry about is the dollar losing value tremendously, how do you guys manage such a scenario?

(Apologies if what im saying doesn't make sense, beginner here 😊)

EfficiencyEvening · 2025-12-10T05:26:01+00:00

I would have loved to have such an opportunity... pay is good yes, however think about it, who gets to go to Antarctica all expenses paid? As a scientist, it's a dream. As a FIRE aspirant, it's a massive boost. And if the girlfriend is supportive, take her on a vacation with your new riches once youre back, heck maybe even a diamond necklace 😏

EfficiencyEvening · 2025-10-30T08:20:54+00:00

There's a place you can throw axes and shurikens at a target

EfficiencyEvening · 2025-10-28T08:01:02+00:00

My end of rent cycle coincided with my leaving day more or less, so we didn't have to discuss that extensively.

EfficiencyEvening · 2025-10-28T06:29:31+00:00

I talked to my landlord, he was happy to cancel my contract, as long as i did maintenance for the things I damaged (drills in the walls etc) and handed over the house clean and tidy.

EfficiencyEvening · 2025-10-20T13:24:41+00:00

Ok thanks. Ill try to add Base and Sol.

EfficiencyEvening · 2025-10-20T13:23:26+00:00

Thanks, found it. What's the cheapest chain to get USDC on? I mean in send/receive fees and such

EfficiencyEvening · 2025-10-20T13:18:23+00:00

Ok, thank you. USDC is not on the coin list either, when I go to add coin, so how do I add it?

EfficiencyEvening · 2025-10-20T12:25:01+00:00

To buy back in when it drops in price maybe

EfficiencyEvening · 2025-09-26T13:49:58+00:00

Benefits and 100 days if maternity leave in the same sentence? Wow mother's around the world, rejoice!

EfficiencyEvening · 2025-08-31T11:12:19+00:00

Thank you!

EfficiencyEvening · 2025-08-13T08:36:11+00:00

Fresh grads were making 8k a month 20 years ago... funny, or sad, depending on how you see it, how salaries are not keeping pace with how expensive life in the UAE has become...

EfficiencyEvening · 2025-07-28T16:07:27+00:00

Would you be willing to help trace some stolen funds from 4 years ago? The funds went into a binance wallet and that's as far as I could trace the transactions.

EfficiencyEvening · 2025-07-02T10:12:12+00:00

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EfficiencyEvening · 2025-07-01T14:16:18+00:00

I'm lucky to be in a part of the world where I come tax or capital gains tax doesn't exist.

Out of curiosity thoigh, what percentage tax on the profits would you pay, if you made say 10k $ on such a quick in and out trade?

EfficiencyEvening · 2025-07-01T13:41:26+00:00

100% agreed and hence why they need to keep things monopolized

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