Yeah, it looks like they’ve run out of funding options at this point and stealing the assets is the last play they have. If they really pull the trigger on that it’ll be game over for the EU economy. Everybody is gong to pull money out after that and it’s basically going to be a bank run on Euroclear.

If they’re that level delusional Japan is headed for some bad times.

Given that Japan is a resource poor island that imports most of its food and fuel, it’s not really clear how they plan to revive militarism. China could just blockade them and it would be over in weeks.

It’s honestly impressive just how brazen he is.

I’d argue the problems go quite a bit further back, but the war acted as a catalyst dramatically accelerating all the underlying trends.

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Yeah, that’s an excellent take on the whole thing. Zelensky is becoming a liability, and the US is reminding him not to get too uppity with them. The real issue is that even if Zelensky got removed, nothing would fundamentally change. We’ll just see somebody like Zaluzhny slide in and continue doing more o the same. At this point, I’m sure that the war will be decided militarily when the AFU fighting potential is exhausted. Seems like Alaska was the last chance for a diplomatic solution, and the US decided to blow it.

oh absolutely

ha, that’s a rare case indeed

It’s basically nationalism expressed in form of support for an aggressive foreign policy.

Similarly with Pokrovsk which was a big logistics hub as well.

It’s hard to say when the breaking point will come. I certainly expected it to happen sooner, and I’ve learned to tamper my expectations. I think ultimately what it’ll come down to is that Ukraine will run out of manpower and the AFU will lose fighting potential. That’s what happened to the Germans in WW2. There was basically a static front for years, but then once the collapse started it unfolded at lightning speed.

I do think having an international movement would be valuable. There needs to be a lot more worker solidarity across nations which would in turn help combat jingoism that’s so prevalent nowadays.

I think we just have to wait till the whole narrative implodes when Russia wins the war.

Nabu is run by Americans as I recall, so this may be the start of it.

Yup, and the fact the very fact that they’re all of a sudden remembering about corruption in Ukraine is an indication that things are going badly.

because what we say goes directly against what people want to believe

oh yeah sure thing, let me make a post there

yeah, that’s totally going to be the narrative going forward

Exactly. Everybody knows it’s the US, but you can’t say that in public so it has to be Ukraine. And amusingly pinning this on Ukraine is now backfiring because because public support for the war is fraying.