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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I’m curious what’s the new playbook now when China demanded Russia that they must leave Kazakhstan alone and keep it independent? Seems China holds the better hand now. And when China is the one that literally funds Russia now so…

China is the biggest winner, and China becoming the dominant geopolitical player can only be a good thing. Certainly a far most sane and stable country than Russia. However, claiming that China is the only country that funds Russia is just plain old misinformation. Russia has lots of trade with India, Iran, Turkey, and many other countries including most of Latin America. BRICS is rapidly becoming world's dominant economy and Russia is a the centre of it.

Meanwhile, the west doesn't actually produce much of anything and with cheap and abundant energy being the thing of the past, Europe is now starting to deinudstrialize further.

People voted because they wanted to take a step towards western countries and Europe. Russia didn’t like that. And here we are in 2022 where the propaganda blossoms that west is the one to blame and the government was overthrown. Sigh.

That's not what actually happened. It was a violent coup that overthrew the government people voted for. You're either utterly ignorant or much more likely a liar.

It was a demand.

It was a negotiation, and Ukraine was close to accepting the terms. This would've preserved most of the territory Ukraine had before the war. After the west sabotaged this negotiation Ukraine's position has been worsening with every single month.

Is it just me or does it look bad if we bend the knee and became a pawn for Russia? I’d say that’s pretty idiotic policy.

That is precisely where the current European policy is leading you. So, if you think that's bad, then you should be opposing it, but since you're also an idiot you support it. This is a self fulfilling prophecy.