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Also interesting that he compares Europe to Trump and Russia to Iran when it was Putin who assumed his war would be finished in a few days, and it's still going, like Trump assumed Iran would roll over.

Wow! Even Russian Newspapers are reporting that their economy is in a bad way & that GDP could fall by 2% this year...

7/ *"What the fuck are you talking about, Jesse?" meme* So a (US created) energy crisis in April of 2026 will compel the EU to abandon Ukraine and accept a peace deal that will see US owned pipelines that won't be finished for years eventually sell it Russian gas? Are you fucking high buddy?

Having seen Varoufakis close-up in Kilkenny patronising the fck out of a female speaker and then subsequently being called out I would observe he absolutely loves himself. Sadly so do bunch of left of centre individuals.

"Military Keynesianism" is when you pay people to dig useless holes, except this time the vatniks stay in the holes forever

I heard some intel on these econ benefits of war machine: apparently the gov stimulus was front-loaded with 90% of payments to companies to produce for military up front with 10% on contract completion: hence juiced economy early in war and no sustained boom.

Does he think that literally all military spending in Ukraine is going to buying weapons from the US and other NATO countries? That seems bizarre and out of touch with reality although I guess that fits with the rest of his essay. Also, what is a left-winger doing writing for Unheard?!?

Yanis has always been a supremely arrogant idiot.

So he thinks military Keynesianism is boosting Russia‘s economy, but not Ukraine‘s? Hmm. Hmmmmmm.

As always, fascism is not responsible for the things its actual leaders say whereas opponents of fascism have to justify the most extreme position anyone on social media with vaguely aligned vibes took.

Well, to be fair, the sanctions were sold to Europeans in part as a way to force Putin to capitulate or face a potential coup. There were a lot of sceptical voices, too. In any case, it diminishes Russia's ability to wage war.

The UN Charter is clear in respect of attacks on sovereign territory as Argentina found out Two Acts of Force (1833 & 1982) One Illegal (1 pg): www.academia.edu/82967126/Fal...

Yanis is a moron for the simple reason that Putin doesn’t want peace, he wants “victory” which he can’t get as that is not being offered and not suggested by Yanis either

This part is especially wrong. Regime change in Russia, while desirable, wasn't the aim. No one expected a popular uprising against Putin. After a brief period in which post-USSR Russia looked like it might become a real democracy, the policy has reverted to one of containment, not overthrow.

Outrageous. I feel like I’m going to have a stroke so I had to stop reading Yanis’s garbage.