With todays falling dollar it seems that America is losing the trade war. Is that a conspiracy? Hell yes! Its a conspiracy of crippled bureaucrats forcing the nation to use the ancient measurement system ascending from the days of the British Empire. The biggest problem with imperial system is its lack of consistency. Do you know how many different versions of a pound are floating around? So shall we convert to metric, or do we keep that quirky way called imperial for the fun of it?

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