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What a garbage take lol. This is absolutely devastating. The average Russian citizen watches the ruble like Americans watch the stock market. "Yeah, we've been planning for our currency to crash and it's actually a good thing!" is some of the biggest copium I've ever heard.
Plenty of Americans hope that the stock market crashes though. Why can I not rent an apartment alone because Bath & Body Works had a bad quarter? Fuck it all
Doesn't sound like you know what you're talking about
They're being a bit hyperbolic and sarcastic. I guess being an asshole makes it hard to pick up on that.
Most people don't see the connection between the ruble exchange rate and everyday life, China goods are mostly cheap junk, and doesn't get much more expensive. Yes, it is more expensive for me to travel abroad, but I can still afford it.
It offsets government spending. Particularly wages. Russia gets far more rubles now for the oil and gas they sell. Wages are paid in rubles this everyone took a large wage cut. Imported goods would be much higher but much of the regular person's daily spending is on local products. Of which prices have not changed significantly... Yet. Also while Russia is getting top dollar or more correct, top ruble for its oil and gas, it is not exporting as much. Nationally they are awash in energy and prices for the average person has dropped.
These gains are short lived though. They are rapidly wearing out items that require are imported. TV and electronics break. Then you have industry that is starting to hurt as supply chains cost more. Basically they are living in a house and ignoring to maintain it. In the short term they can maintain their habits but eventually you have big costs down the line.
I'm not sure but I know a certain Australian who's probably making a two hour slideshow about it right now
And I'll watch it, like I do every week.
Well, he kinda did already. Check out the recent videos about NATO's spending and the Turkish defence strategy. He talks multiple times about the effect of the dropping Lira on Turkish local procurement.
…but it does make imports and foreign purchases a lot more expensive for regular russians.
Also makes foreign bribes a lot more effective. You might not take 100 ruble bribe but a 100 USD bribe (10,000 rubles) would be overwhelming
All right I'll pay a hundred US dollars to the next person who can off Putin
Will you do $150 and a glass bottle of classic coke?
The fascists goal is to harness, and redirect, class resentment towards a scapegoat.