You’re making the same mistake every dying empire makes—believing its own propaganda. You say China’s growth slowed? Of course, it did. That’s what happens when an economy matures. 5% growth on an $18 trillion economy is larger than 10% growth on a $5 trillion economy. But math was never the empire’s strong suit—illusion was. They call 5% a crisis—because they need it to be one. It’s the only way to ignore the alternative. Because if 5% is "failure," what does that make 2% U.S. growth? A funeral? Every empire convinces itself that decline is impossible—right until it collapses. The British thought their empire was eternal—until it wasn’t. The Roman elite scoffed at their own stagnation—until the barbarians were at their gates. The U.S. now clings to a printing press, pretending debt isn’t a time bomb. Empires don’t fall when they’re weak. They fall when they’re too arrogant to recognize they’ve peaked. What will replace the dollar? You ask this like a child clinging to a sinking raft, afraid of the ocean around him. The world doesn’t need to "replace" the dollar overnight. It only needs to reduce its dependence. And that’s exactly what’s happening. The world isn’t waiting for permission—it’s moving on. Dollar dependence is eroding. Bilateral trade in local currencies is accelerating. Nations are cutting out the middleman, taking back control. China and Russia now settle in yuan. India and the UAE trading in rupees. The old financial leash is snapping. Meanwhile, BRICS nations are hoarding record amounts of gold. They see what’s coming. They aren’t betting on the dollar’s future—they’re hedging against its collapse. And as the U.S. wields SWIFT like a weapon, China’s CIPS expands, offering nations an escape route from Washington’s financial stranglehold. This isn’t a theory. This isn’t a forecast. It’s an exodus. You post a random, unsourced chart and tell me to "look into the data." Let’s be honest, Noah—you don’t care about data. You care about narrative. You need to believe China is failing because the alternative—that the West is losing control—is too terrifying for you to face. But reality doesn’t wait for your approval. De-dollarization doesn’t wait for your permission. China’s rise doesn’t wait for Western validation. You can dismiss it. You can mock it. You can deny it. But history doesn’t care about your feelings. You think the empire can survive on a printer alone? The U.S. isn’t running an economy. It’s running a Ponzi scheme. $36 trillion in debt. $100+ trillion in unfunded liabilities. De-industrialization wiping out its working class. A military budget larger than the next 10 nations combined—because "force" is all it has left. This isn’t a sustainable system. It’s a delayed reckoning. So Noah, the world isn’t replacing the dollar. It’s abandoning it. And when the dust settles, you’ll be left clinging to your little chart, wondering where it all went wrong.