There aren't a lot of moving parts here. Putin thought that Europe wouldn't be able to deal with Russian invasion angst and pandemic response angst. So long as he only annexed the 2 pro-Russia provinces of Ukraine through a faux police action and referendum, it'd be over fast and things would return to normal.
He underestimated the Canadian Freedom Convoy's effect on things, never thinking that global leaders would seize on him as an opportunity to pivot out of the pandemic and continue dismantling the supply chain and future food resources under the guise of fighting Putin. He got stuck in a war against an enemy with seemingly infinite foreign logistical support instead of a quick military exercise.
The first thing our countries did was screw with food and fuel. Russia is the world's largest net fertilizer exporter and their gas is critical in Europe. Our response to Ukraine, not the conflict itself, has ensured third world famines and soaring food prices across the first world. Also crippling energy prices that will continue the economic damage to the private sector and offer opportunities to keep helicoptering relief money until our currencies collapse.
It's just going through the same motions against an enemy with a different face. All of the listed powers that be now hate Putin. They could just as easily loved him if he joined hands with the rest of us and ran into the build back better thresher.
I don't support him annexing a couple of Ukrainian provinces after fucking around there since 2014. I don't support the powers that be using enemies to gaslight the plebs into cheering them on their race toward a technocratic dystopia. I have far less contempt for Putin than I do them and am inclined to listen to him as he keeps falling and says more of the quiet part out loud on his way down.
There aren't a lot of moving parts here. Putin thought that Europe wouldn't be able to deal with Russian invasion angst and pandemic response angst. So long as he only annexed the 2 pro-Russia provinces of Ukraine through a faux police action and referendum, it'd be over fast and things would return to normal.
He underestimated the Canadian Freedom Convoy's effect on things, never thinking that global leaders would seize on him as an opportunity to pivot out of the pandemic and continue dismantling the supply chain and future food resources under the guise of fighting Putin. He got stuck in a war against an enemy with seemingly infinite foreign logistical support instead of a quick military exercise.
The first thing our countries did was screw with food and fuel. Russia is the world's largest net fertilizer exporter and their gas is critical in Europe. Our response to Ukraine, not the conflict itself, has ensured third world famines and soaring food prices across the first world. Also crippling energy prices that will continue the economic damage to the private sector and offer opportunities to keep helicoptering relief money until our currencies collapse.
It's just going through the same motions against an enemy with a different face. All of the listed powers that be now hate Putin. They could just as easily loved him if he joined hands with the rest of us and ran into the build back better thresher.
I don't support him annexing a couple of Ukrainian provinces after fucking around there since 2014. I don't support the powers that be using enemies to gaslight the plebs into cheering them on their race toward a technocratic dystopia. I have far less contempt for Putin than I do them and am inclined to listen to him as he keeps falling and says more of the quiet part out loud on his way down.