Olympics: When will the decision be made re: Russian participation?

[WarriorofTime]

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Need to look at military aid specifically

 

[Namejs]

The glum predictions continue. I'm sure the collapse is right around the corner, any day now those sanctions will have the intended effect and there will be a mass revolt as people starve in the streets....

Did I say any one of those things or are you literally talking to yourself?

This has very little, if anything, to do with sanctions. It's a typical wartime economy that is geared entirely towards financing and maintaining the war effort. Sanctions slightly increase the cost of it, but that increase is marginal.

These things come at a cost, wars are extremely expensive. And the more structurally unsound and inefficient your economy is, the more fragile it becomes.

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

The glum predictions continue. I'm sure the collapse is right around the corner, any day now those sanctions will have the intended effect and there will be a mass revolt as people starve in the streets....

Again, if your only measure of an economy’s health is its GDP figure, they’re doing great.

Crashes and economic busts don’t just happen. There is always a build-up, sometimes decades long before shit hits the fan.

Any industrialized nation can prop itself with debt for a certain length of time. It’s also worth mentioning that Russia invaded Ukraine because they’re facing a massive demographic challenge in coming years and need its resources, including its labor. THEY themselves know their economic challenges. You seem to be purely naive.

 

[Namejs]

Need to look at military aid specifically

You need to read my original post again.

Most of the funding already comes from Europe. A change of course in the US would increase funding from Europe even more.

There are factory lines being built all across Europe, the domestic EU production capacity of artillery shells has already tripled since 2022 and is bound to increase further.

EU invests both public and private funds into Ukrainian domestic facilities, which are also increasing their production capacities. Without non-military funding, this 2nd order effect would not be possible.

So your brushing off of non-military funding makes no sense whatsoever. It enables Ukraine to achieve its military goals. They now produce most of their drones domestically, they source most of their arty shells outside of the US, etc.

To say that a change of course in the US will bring peace in Ukraine is to say you have 2 braincells and are a Trump supporter with zero idea about the war in Ukraine and no military expertise to speak of.

 

[luiginb]

When Putin is dead and the invasion is over, so hopefully soon!

 

[Romang67]

Well, that went about as well as could have been expected. Turned into misinformation and political discussion on the first page. Closed.