“The free-money era concealed the great cultural looting of the West. That era is now over, and Western people will soon have to pay the price for it.”
Quiet the accurate statement! This has been brewing for a few years and now the chickens are coming home to roost! That’s what the all-out war in Ukraine is really all about. The west has invested heavily in that corrupt Ukraine government and its leaders. That includes supporting Ukraine in every way possible — except for troops on the ground (which may come soon).
Our stupid leaders have launched an economic war, in addition to their ground war support. The problem is the economic version of the war hits us harder than the intended target and will continue to do so. Plus it is totally not working!
Watching the west strong-arm other countries and lie about the status of the war through propaganda to gain more advantage is obvious and disappointing. While they can do that to their own citizens (lockdowns, masks, vaccines, mandates), they are finding it to be a whole different matter when they attempt to bully other countries. Ask Russia, China, India, many middle east countries, and even some Latin American countries. They are clearly not buying it.
On the other hand, Russia and China see this as a place to draw the line and they have done that. In particular, Russia is “all in.” They will not stop until they have achieved their goals. If that does not happen and the reverse happens, all bets are off.
This will not end well for any of the countries — most definitely not the west!
The rage against Trump -- which continues -- seems to me to have been and continues to be that he disrupted the "bullying" in favor of energy independence, as one example. One short year later, the US is importing energy again, and now even from Russia. The Democrats have so heavily invested in corruption that any next disruption, a reelection of Trump or another not to their liking -- will blow their game. I certainly hope it will.
In this time of Biden-sized prices at the gas pump, doesn't energy independence sound just fine?