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There is a pattern in history that has destroyed every global reserve currency. Not most of them. Every single one. The Portuguese Real dominated for 80 years, then collapsed. The Dutch Guilder ruled for 80 years, then fell. The British Pound reigned for 105 years, then died. Each followed the same seven stages. Each believed they were different. Each thought their currency was permanent. And each was wrong.
The US Dollar became the world’s reserve currency in 1944. That is 81 years ago. And right now, in 2025, the dollar is in stage five of the same seven-stage pattern that killed every currency before it. This is not prophecy. This is pattern recognition, built on 600 years of documented history. The mathematics are undeniable.

Stage 1: Military Dominance and Trade Route Control. Portugal controlled Indian Ocean trade routes through fortified posts at Goa, Malacca, and Macau. The Dutch East India Company fielded 40 warships and 20,000 soldiers. Britain’s Royal Navy had more ships than the next five nations combined. Today, the US Navy operates 11 aircraft carrier battle groups and controls every critical chokepoint: Hormuz, Malacca, Suez, Panama. Military power over global commerce makes a currency essential.

Stage 2: Massive Trade Surplus. From 1945 to 1970, the US ran the largest trade surplus in history. Fort Knox held over 20,000 tons of gold by the 1950s, more than the rest of the world combined. But every reserve currency eventually stops producing and starts consuming.

Stage 3: Reserve Status Formalized. Bretton Woods in 1944. Forty-four nations formally agreed to make the dollar the world’s reserve currency. This is the peak. Formal reserve status creates the Triffin Dilemma: the world needs dollars, which forces the US to run deficits. Endless deficits mathematically destroy the currency’s value.

Stage 4: Deficit Spending and Living Beyond Means. In 1971, the US trade surplus permanently flipped into deficit. By the 2000s, annual deficits reached $800 billion. Today, the US imports far more than it exports and finances this gap by printing dollars. Portugal, the Dutch, and Britain all followed this exact path.

Stage 5: Currency Debasement and Money Printing. We are here. The 2008 financial crisis triggered $3.5 trillion in quantitative easing. COVID followed with another $7 trillion printed between 2020 and 2022. The money supply expanded faster than any time in US peacetime history. Inflation surged to levels not seen in 40 years. This is where confidence begins to crack.

Stage 6: Loss of Confidence and Search for Alternatives. Beginning now. China and Russia have reduced dollar reserves since the 2010s, buying thousands of tons of gold. The BRICS nations announced plans for an alternative currency in 2023. Saudi Arabia began accepting yuan for oil sales to China, breaking the 50-year petrodollar system. The dollar’s share of global reserves fell from 72 percent in 2000 to 58 percent in 2024. That is trillions quietly leaving dollar assets.

Stage 7: Replacement and Collapse. The Portuguese Real was replaced by Spanish silver. The Dutch Guilder gave way to the British Pound. After World War II, the Pound was replaced by the dollar in just 15 years. The question is not if the dollar will be replaced. History says it will. The real question is what replaces it, and whether you are prepared.

The timeline is impossible to ignore. Portuguese Real: 80 years. Dutch Guilder: 80 years. British Pound: 105 years. US Dollar: 81 years. We are at the average lifespan, exhibiting every late-stage symptom: massive deficits, currency debasement, declining confidence, and nations actively searching for alternatives.
History is not repeating perfectly, but it is rhyming with alarming precision.
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