• JucheBot1988
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    10 months ago

    other than for the Ukrainians.

    Ah, well, they were only relatively civilized and relatively European to begin with.

    The west’s most reckless antagonist has been rocked.

    The ruble is actually stronger than before, and Russia is turning from the west toward China – the nightmare outcome for western strategists during the Cold War.

    Germany has weaned itself from dependence on Russian energy

    If “weaned” means high energy costs and declining living standards for ordinary Germans. Or maybe Germans too are only relatively civilized and relatively European, so it’s worth it?

    and has, in many ways, rediscovered its sense of values.

    Only if you think the Nazis – who tried to remake Germany in the image of the British Empire – represented some sort of authentically German tradition (they didn’t).

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      10 months ago

      Or maybe Germans too are only relatively civilized and relatively European, so it’s worth it?

      Lmao if Germans actually shake off this US yoke someday, it would be the day when anglo press will call them Krauts and Huns again.

    • mustardman [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      10 months ago

      high energy costs and declining living standards for ordinary Germans

      This doesn’t hold much truth. Energy cost is capped and living standards don’t deteriorate more than anywhere else, mostly thanks to LSC and climate change.