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Wow! Even Russian Newspapers are reporting that their economy is in a bad way & that GDP could fall by 2% this year...

i mean, that's clearly what a lot of right wing politicians everywhere want to happen but uh... i think people aren't going to wait that long and instead switch to solar and EV

He has a thing with only two unescapable options, apparently. This binary focus is seldom a good thing and shows a lack of creative thinking.

damn why is this thread so broken?

8/ Every analyst who actually knows what they're talking about has been clear that while higher oil/gas prices as a result of the Strait crisis offer a reprieve for Russia, they don't solve any of their problems. It's a bandaid, not a prosthetic. Also, Ukrainian drones are working on it 😘.

in fact the Ukrainian counter offensive is doing well and Ukraine is now killing Russians faster than Putin can recruit. Morale in Russian side is collapsing and internet ban suggests things far from rosy on Russian side. Ukraine has a much better chance of winning now than previously.

Aside from such vanity seeming slightly more incongruous on the left, isn't it equally common across the political spectrum? It isn't hard to think of self-adoring individuals from left, right and centre.

saw him in london recently. loves the sound of his own voice and is so obviously riffing on the room. his volte face on Milei was truly spectacular.

was that the time he told the Taiwanese energy expert she's "Chinese, just face it"?

That much was crystal clear with his stupid little Paris Match photoshoot. Not to pat myself on the back, but I correctly appraised him as a self-promoting idiot as soon as he appeared.

"Military Keynesianism" is when you pay people to dig useless holes, except this time the vatniks stay in the holes forever

I heard some intel on these econ benefits of war machine: apparently the gov stimulus was front-loaded with 90% of payments to companies to produce for military up front with 10% on contract completion: hence juiced economy early in war and no sustained boom.

Does he think that literally all military spending in Ukraine is going to buying weapons from the US and other NATO countries? That seems bizarre and out of touch with reality although I guess that fits with the rest of his essay. Also, what is a left-winger doing writing for Unheard?!?

Yanis has always been a supremely arrogant idiot.

So he thinks military Keynesianism is boosting Russia‘s economy, but not Ukraine‘s? Hmm. Hmmmmmm.

As always, fascism is not responsible for the things its actual leaders say whereas opponents of fascism have to justify the most extreme position anyone on social media with vaguely aligned vibes took.

Well, to be fair, the sanctions were sold to Europeans in part as a way to force Putin to capitulate or face a potential coup. There were a lot of sceptical voices, too. In any case, it diminishes Russia's ability to wage war.

The UN Charter is clear in respect of attacks on sovereign territory as Argentina found out Two Acts of Force (1833 & 1982) One Illegal (1 pg): www.academia.edu/82967126/Fal...