Derivatives: The Fuse Beneath the Financial System Derivatives aren’t just financial instruments—they’re financial WMDs. As Warren Buffett warned, they’re rigged like a spider web laced with explosives beneath the global economy. One massive oil price shock—say, from a crisis in the Persian Gulf—and that web turns into shrapnel. Margin calls flood in; banks crumble; entire markets shudder under the cascading collapse. The Strait of Hormuz: Iran’s Geopolitical Kill Switch Now, let’s bring Iran into frame. The Strait of Hormuz isn’t just geography—it’s the financial digital deadman’s switch. It's the only sea passage for tens of millions of barrels of oil and LNG every day. Shut it down, and you're not just creating a supply hiccup—you’re triggering full-spectrum economic hypoxia. Think…

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