I'd be willing to say: \
mostly due to late stage capitalism
But I'm not sold on the imperialism aspect when both parties are doing it. Although I'd distinguish if they're doing it with the pen or with the sword. It'd be better without, but I sure do prefer the pen.
You realize that in the article you sent me it said that the Russian economy is shrinking, right? The only thing they export is petroleum products, coal and iron while they import everything else basically.
https://oec.world/en/profile/country/rus
The thing you might forget is we don't export population, we export actual manufactured goods, medicine, advanced electronics, aviation equipment, automotive, airbag sensors etc.
I'd argue the problems The West (TM) is facing are mostly due to late stage capitalism rather than the sanctions against Russia. We can get our dinosaur products elsewhere.
I'm looking forward to what the future might bring for all of us. Don't forget we live on the same planet. And keep an open mind.
Ist der Springer Verlag seit neusten Teil der öffentlich rechtlichen Medien?
gejammert hat, dass die Sanktionen gegen Russland für Europa Selbstmord waren, Russland sich hingegen erfolgreich neu aufgestellt hat
Nicht wirklich. Er hat festgestellt dass Putin die Sanktionen nicht erwähnt hat. That's it. Bei dem ganzen zwischen den Zeilen lesen muss man aufpassen dass Bild.de nicht zur Belletristik wird
So you're sticking with the narrative that everything is fine in Russia while The West(TM) is already in shambles?
Russia's oligarchs (definitely not the people of russia) can get richer while being at war and being heavily sanctioned.
And you don't feel the need to question that? You need to actively cheer them on?
Russia doesn’t do pretty much any direct trade with the west at this point
This is complete bullshit.
I think our concept of reality might not even be comparable.
What amount Russia traded with China. How much of that is just crude oil that they have to sell for extremely low prices. If that's even significant at all, I have no clue.
Economics are definitely way over my head. But given that there's a war in Europe right after years of pandemic, things seem to be fine. Not great, not terrible.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/german-economy-stagnates-q2-after-winter-recession-2023-08-25/
And most of the time I wonder if you even read the articles you post.
And here’s how things are going in Russia right now
Russia's wealth gains came despite its invasion of Ukraine in February, which has led to the West imposing sanctions on the Kremlin that led to its economy shrinking and triggered a slump for Moscow-listed stocks. \
UBS acknowledges that "wealth trends in Russia are difficult to determine at this time," but did highlight it as one of a handful of countries that had gotten richer in 2022. \
Rising oil prices could be one factor behind the wealth increase, with exports of the commodity a key economic engine for Russia. The cost of a barrel of benchmark Urals crude jumped by about $7 last year, data from Refinitiv indicated.
So maybe we should not post editorialized headlines from bad articles in a language we don't speak from the worst rag in the lands.
Otherwise people might not notice that the lead headline (in German) "What particularly tormented Scholz" does not get answered in this article. They might not consider that Scholz is "tormented" just because Bild doesn't like him
While I disagree with most of that or at least strongly doubt it, I'm not here to change your mind on that.
I'm here to point out that the article you posted is hot garbage.
In case someone is not quite sure why I'm taking a shit on Bild, here's a Google Translate of the actual article. \
If it's not a whole lot of nothing like this article, it's just right-wing boomer fear porn.
Ukraine war: What particularly tormented Scholz after his Putin call \
The Kremlin dictator shocked the world in February 2022 when he attacked Ukraine and threatened to wipe the neighboring country off the map. The leaders of the western world tried to persuade the warmonger - including Chancellor Olaf Scholz (65, SPD). \
Filmmaker and journalist Stephan Lamby (63) has now gained insights into the talks - they emerge from a conversation between Scholz and Macron, who exchanged views with Putin on March 4, 2022 - day 9 of the Ukraine war - after their respective telephone calls . \
Lamby describes this conversation in his new book, Emergencies - Governing in Times of War. What Scholz Macron reported about Putin \
Because Scholz cannot be put through immediately, Macron jokes with his advisors: If that doesn't work, then the "turn of the era" and the rearmament of the Bundeswehr are probably not going well either... \
Then the chancellor answered: "Ah, hello Olaf, how are you? How was your discussion this morning?” \
It doesn't get "better," says Scholz. "Something bothers me more than the talks: He (Putin) is not complaining about all the sanctions. I don't know if he did that in conversation with you. But he didn't even mention the sanctions.” \
Macron replied: "Neither do I." \
Scholz complained that Putin had only given presentations about his view of Ukraine: "He told me about all his ideas on how to find a compromise. He spoke of demilitarization, denazification.” \
“And,” Scholz continued to report to Macron, “he asked me to have Crimea recognized as part of Russia. And the independence of these republics.” Conclusion of the Federal Chancellor: “Nothing new, to put it bluntly.” \
However, Scholz tried to organize a summit meeting. "When I asked him whether there should be a meeting on Ukraine, sooner or later, with you, me, Zelenskyy and with him, Putin, he didn't completely refuse. But he mentioned two conditions. Firstly, there must be no reason for a ceasefire. Then he just talked about the three of us, you, me and him. Without Zelenskyy.” \
Putin also expressed conspiracy theory ideas, Scholz also said: "Then he said that the Ukrainian delegation left for Poland because they want to speak to the President of the United States to get their instructions..." Scholz then laughed and sums it up: “More or less. That's it." \
Macron replied: "Thanks, that was very similar to the conversation I had with him yesterday. I think he is now very determined to go to the end. The narrative and brutality of his televised message, as well as all the initiatives he has taken in talks with civil organizations in Russia over the past few hours, are very disturbing. To put it bluntly.” \
It was clear to both of them that Putin had become radicalized and was unpredictable.
What was previously known about Scholz's phone calls with Putin \
So far, Scholz had revealed little about these phone calls with the Kremlin leader: \
They were "always polite", he was with Putin via you. In February 2023, the chancellor denied that Putin had threatened Scholz with a rocket attack to BILD am SONNTAG. This was previously claimed by Britain's ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson. \
In December 2022, after another hour-long conversation with Putin, Scholz said he would continue to pick up the chancellor's phone when the Kremlin boss calls. Despite all the differences, you have to keep talking to the dictator, and Scholz also wants to check whether Putin has made any changes regarding Ukraine.
Macron revealed much more from his Putin talks \
French President Emmanuel Macron was different: he was on first name terms with Putin and had also published protocols from his phone calls with him in June 2022. \
As a result, something more about Macron's phone calls with Putin had leaked out. Shortly before the war began, he said to the Russian President: "I would like you to first tell me how you assess the situation and, perhaps, in a fairly direct way, as we both do, tell me your intentions." \
Above all, Macron wanted to persuade Putin to speak to US President Joe Biden again. Putin apparently agreed to such a talk in principle, but it never came to that. \
Putin then choked off Macron by saying that he was going to the ice rink to play ice hockey. When Macron said he also wanted to do sport, namely boxing training, Putin is said to have said: "Think of Zelenskyj when you hit the punching bag." \
Putin also spoke about the dropping of nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and told Macron what he learned from it: "You don't have to attack the big cities to win".
Is being bothered the same as being tormented? Breaking news: Scholz visably close to tears multiple times