That’s a cool story bro, too bad it falls apart under even the barest scrutiny. First of all, Russian military spending is around 8% of the GDP. Anybody who didn’t fail math at school would quickly realize that it can’t be the major driver of the economy. Not only that, but being cut off from the west actually stimulated domestic industry revitalizing Russian rust belt. And of course, Russia is a major commodity exporter, the demand for these commodities hasn’t magically evaporated. So, none of the factors that were leading to growth of Russian economy in 2024 have changed today.

And of course, there’s the elephant in the room which is China. Much of the trade Russia lost with the west has been replaced in the east, largely by China. Anybody with a functioning brain understands that Russia losing the war would be a disastrous outcome for China, and hence if Russia was ever in genuine trouble, then China would simply invest in Russia further to stabilize the economy.

Russia cutting itself off from parasitic west has actually been a great move because now Russia trade with friendly countries, and domestic industry in Russia is finally developing.

Russia’s economy has taken a pounding recently with oil prices barely covering the coat to extract, transport and discount.

Things that definitely happened in the real world and not in your deranged fantasies. 🤣

Russia are still losing money daily

[citation needed]

I follow the Russian milibloggers closely as they actually understand what is going on and they are all going crazy right now

I base my opinions on geopolitics and economics on telegram channels, I’m very intelligent.

Meanwhile, here’s what you probably should have a look at. This is what an actual collapsing economy that’s overinvested in a war looks like

• https://www.ft.com/content/6c345cf9-8493-4429-baa4-2128abdd0337

• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-14/most-distressed-2026-sectors-in-europe-to-include-infrastructure

• https://www.belganewsagency.eu/european-industry-losing-ground-two-years-after-antwerp-declaration

• https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/europes-industrial-wake-up-call-act-now-or-fade-away

• https://www.caixabankresearch.com/en/economics-markets/activity-growth/characterisation-business-cycle-eu-neither-widespread-nor-robust?993

• https://wtocenter.vn/hiep-dinh-khac/29160-manufacturing-weakens-in-europe-asia-on-faltering-demand-and-tariff-uncertainties

• https://www.euractiv.com/news/europe-confronts-industrial-reckoning-as-fears-of-deindustrialisation-intensify/

• https://uk.advfn.com/stock-market/FX/GBPCHF/share-news/Eurozone-Industrial-Output-Falls-For-First-Time-In-4-Months/97841871

• https://atradius.com.hk/zh_HK/knowledge-and-research/news/atradius-releases-over-500-industry-forecasts-globally

• https://europeanbusinessmagazine.com/business/europes-chemical-industry-crisis-deepens-as-domo-files-for-insolvency/

Maybe stick to subjects you actually have clue on, assuming such subjects actually exist, little dronie.

Certainly wasn’t on my bingo card.

The fact that you don’t understand that participating in a genocide is immoral shows that there really is no point continuing having a discussion.

Feel free to show that anything is different today. Meanwhile, given what’s happening with energy prices even the dimmest libs should be able to realize Russian economy is going to get a boost this year.

Meanwhile, why would we talk about imaginary things that are only happening in your head?

Instead, we can talk about how European economies are collapsing.

Almost like you guys need to start engaging with reality

Russian economy is booming according to the World Bank which reclassified Russia as a high income country https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/world-bank-country-classifications-by-income-level-for-2024-2025

Meanwhile, the IMF forecasts that Russian economy is set to grow faster than all the western economies https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/17/russia-forecast-to-grow-faster-than-advanced-economies-in-2024-imf.html

It’s almost like you don’t understand that the western fascists lost the war of attrition against Russia.

probably the whole photoshop brigade

I don’t think the US is gonna last that long

did you read the comment I replied to, also liberals are not the left

meanwhile, wakko is still the world’s leading ignoramus

And don’t forget that China has billionaires!

Propaganda is just messaging, there’s nothing inherently evil about it. The question is what message is being propagated.

“To decide once every few years which member of the ruling class is to repress and crush the people through parliament - such is the real essence of bourgeois parliamentarianism, not only in parliamentary-constitutional monarchies, but also in the most democratic republics.”

― Vladimir Lenin, The State and Revolution

all anarchists are incoherent

Israel using nukes is a very plausible scenario. There’s a great interview with Postol that I can highly recommend if you haven’t watched it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbQI_IYz6uM

The thing is, Trump will fuck Canada regardless of how many atrocities Canada signs up to do together. Just look at the Europeans bending over backwards for him, and all they get in return is abuse. Abandoning all your values to suck up to fascists is not pragmatism, it’s debasement.

I’m frankly amazed that you don’t realize just how psychopathic the whole argument that since we can’t stop the genocide we might as well take part in it is. If you’re not gonna draw the line at that, then you’re no better than the fascists you’re taking photo ops with.

I find when you are trying to educate people you know, you kind of have to learn how the person thinks and then tailor the message in terms that will likely resonate with them based on their own values. How you express an idea tends to matter as much as the idea itself.

yup

They just make it so easy. 😆

Possibly, but it will be very difficult for them to do within the framework of EU.

Realistically, I don’t see Europeans breaking with the US here. But this sort of stuff makes it clear that Iran is able to put real and tangible pressure on the west.