At 3/2/22 07:49 PM, DioShiba wrote:At 3/2/22 07:27 PM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote:Russian Economy possible to meltdown soon, with the rouble falling in devaluation and inflation and sanctions with international companies moving out of Russia international Credit Bureaus are looking to downgrade Russia and start removing BILLIONS of Russian debt out of investment-grade bond indexes.
this is going to make Russia go from a Second World country to a Third World economically like North Korea.
It’s making less and less sense to why Putin is gambling his country’s status to that level the more this conflict unfolds.
Bullying a neighboring country has been a hallmark of Russia for centuries with various levels of success. The difference is that unlike the Soviet Era where they had much of Eastern Europe at their whim, those countries now have a disdain for Russia, Belarus aside. If it weren’t for the fact that Russia has the largest nuclear arsenal, the rest of the world would have ganged up on them. Unlike with Napoleon and Hitler, General Winter isn’t going to save Russia in that scenario, merely delay the inevitable.
What is the payoff if he succeeds in this anyways? Just more territory and more of a reason for the world to tell Putin to go fuck himself? It’s like he knows his days are numbered and he wants to bring everyone down with him.
Because of those nuclear weapons, there really isn’t much we can do outside of what we’re doing now with sanctions and supplying weapons, although thats seems to be more than enough. Plus, while Putin is bloodthirsty, he isn’t that suicidal enough to use nukes, at least we hope so.
Just stop worrying, and love the bomb.
