Do you understand what happened in the last 72 hours.. | every single government on this list told their citizens "the economy is doing fine" within the last 30 days.. | all of this.. a single week..

x.com ^ | Mar 30, 2026 | LimitLess @LimitlesCobz

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https://x.com/LimitlesCobz/status/2038108210368745554 

LimitLess

@LimitlesCobz

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Mar 28

Do you understand what happened in the last 72 hours..

> Egypt shut down its shops at 9pm, mandated work-from-home Sundays, and the government internally called it "war economy mode".. four days after the IMF praised them and unlocked $2,300,000,000..

> Turkey's central bank burned through $30,000,000,000 in March defending the lira.. the finance minister everyone called a genius is now considering SELLING the national gold reserves..

> Pakistan's PM went on national TV on Eid and announced government salary cuts and a 50% fuel allocation reduction.. they approved a $358,000,000 "austerity fund" and nobody asked austerity from what..

> Russia banned cash exports above $100,000 and gold bars above 100 grams.. Putin signed it March 26.. called it fighting the shadow economy..

> Iraq banned 22 banks from USD transactions.. cashless mandate for ALL government institutions coming July 2026..

> South Korea launched a literal wartime economic response body on March 25.. the prime minister chairs it..

> India secretly created a $6,700,000,000 Economic Stabilisation Fund.. it wasn't in the news.. it was buried in a budget supplement..

> Lebanon's currency collapsed 98%.. the war added $14,000,000,000 in damage on top..

every single government on this list told their citizens "the economy is doing fine" within the last 30 days..

all of this.. a single week..

if you're not following me you're finding out about this 48 hours late from someone who read my post..

it's only getting crazier from here..

March 28, 2026

ransomnote: Grok's verification of this information:

• The post compiles verified emergency economic measures across eight countries in the last 72 hours, from Turkey's $30 billion reserve burn to Russia's March 26 capital export bans, all tied to oil shocks from the escalating US-Israel-Iran conflict that has spiked Brent crude above $120/barrel.
• While governments publicly assured stability—e.g., India's finance minister calling growth "robust" on March 20—these hidden actions, like Pakistan's Eid-announced salary cuts and Iraq's USD banking restrictions, expose vulnerabilities in energy-importing nations, with Lebanon's 98% currency devaluation amplified by $14 billion in war damages.
• Stock markets reflect the strain unevenly: Israel's TA-35 dipped just 4.5% since the conflict intensified, versus 13.5% for South Korea's KOSPI, underscoring how proximity to chokepoints like the Strait of Hormuz amplifies risks for Asia and Europe over North America.

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[Manuel OKelley]

The sentiment I see if that if the old people who don’t actually fight the wars keep sending the young to fight them they shouldn’t be surprised when the young people decide to turn off the spending on domestic programs that don’t benefit them

It’s not that far fetched at all

[dpetty121263]

Well been much talk about paying younger generations Social Security in a lump sum and once that runs out they will be directed to Welfare... Also all these 401k will be folded into SS as well.

[CodeToad]

Why would anyone “follow” an illiterate?

[Sequoyah101]

Our political stability is only relative. Our days in the sunshine are numbered.

Our financial stability is even less secure.

[The Duke]

” Can they do anything a about the RAMpocalypse that is also jacking up NVMe prices, hard drive prices too.”

Happy I got my 128G Evo X2 just before all this started. I’m set for a couple of years. 😊

[sauropod]

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I asked Grok to include China's status:

 

• China (new addition for the same window): On March 23 (effective immediately, with full impact felt in the March 25–28 period), the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) took the rare step — not seen in over a decade — of capping the fuel price surge. They raised maximum retail prices for gasoline (+1,160 yuan/metric ton) and diesel (+1,115 yuan/metric ton), but limited the hike to roughly half of what the normal pricing mechanism would have required. The government is absorbing the rest of the cost increase to “ease the burden on downstream users,” shield consumers from inflation, and maintain economic/social stability. This was explicitly tied to the Middle East oil shock.
   

  spglobal.com +2

China also quietly instructed refineries to halt product exports and continued drawing on its massive strategic/commercial crude stockpiles (estimated 1.2–1.4 billion barrels) while accelerating its shift to EVs and renewables as a buffer.

 

theguardian.com

Bottom-line updated analysis
Every government on this expanded list (now nine countries) publicly assured citizens the economy was “doing fine” or “resilient” in the last 30 days. Yet in a single week they activated wartime-style controls, reserve burns, salary/fuel cuts, capital/gold export bans, secret stabilization funds, and direct price caps. These are not routine tweaks — they are defensive reactions to the same oil shock (Brent crude surge from Hormuz disruptions). Energy-importing nations across Asia, the Middle East, and Europe are feeling it hardest; even China, with its buffers and diversified supply (Russia + Iran crude still flowing), felt compelled to subsidize half the fuel-price hit rather than let market forces pass through.

 

cnbc.com

Stock markets show the uneven pain: Israel’s TA-35 down ~4.5% since intensification, South Korea’s KOSPI down ~13.5%. Proximity to chokepoints (Hormuz, Malacca) and import dependence are the real differentiators — not official GDP rhetoric.The post was right: this is only getting crazier. Follow the hidden actions, not the press releases.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[politicianslie]

needs to be a lot of talk about getting the debt under control and ripping that band aid off so our children and grandchildren don’t grow up in poverty.

The ONLY WAY out of this mess is to inflate the $$ to near worthlessness and then pay off the debt with near worthless dollars.

The effect on the masses is that anyone with dollars (savings in banks...) will have their wealth stolen in massive inflation.

When the sheeple finally catch on, the flight to precious metals, collectables and land will escalate dollar prices to the moon as the dollar becomes worthless.

[dennisw]

“Happy I got my 128G Evo X2 just before all this started. I’m set for a couple of years. 😊”

https://www.microcenter.com/product/695875/gmktec-evo-x2-ai-mini-pc. The specs on that are amazing - “Equipped not stripped” Bring your own display!

I am all set too, with 2x 1TB WD Black nvme I bought in October, and some surplus DDR4 laptop ram. I bought eBay used a 32gb x 1TB OptiPlex (cheap!) and a few used Latitude laptops. Two with 32gb ram.

You know the plot. To minimize home compute, gamers hit hardest. To have people at home/businesses, monthly rent their compute from AI data centers. I was in Best Buy Sunday, the only desktops were gamers desktops. Tons of selection for laptops n tablets.

I am using one of the 1TB nvme in an external USB enclosure. Love the transfer speeds.