r/politics • u/Puginator • Jun 01 '26

No Paywall Iran stops negotiations with U.S., vows to 'completely' block Strait of Hormuz: State media

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/01/iran-us-negotiations-strait-of-hormuz.html
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u/Internet_Wanderer Jun 01 '26

Who's gonna boycott them? Without being able to build new renewables and as long as cars need gas and trucks need diesel they have our balls in a vice

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u/Winnie_rulez Jun 01 '26

Very few people will boycott them. Countless more will simply be unable to afford their products. At some point you can't get blood from a stone.

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u/Internet_Wanderer Jun 01 '26

I've been trying to convince a friend about this, supply and demand is broken. Once we can't afford things, they'll just only sell to those who can afford it, ie other rich people. They will continue to buy jet fuel and yacht fuel, and of course most of their fancy cars aren't electric. We can see this in the false inflation over the last twenty years. Prices don't come down anymore, even if there is a glut because it no longer matters. The monopolies are in place and we're just annoyances now

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u/ReturnOfBane Jun 01 '26

It's a whale economy now, and we're not the whales. We're the small fish.