• @[email protected]
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    Agreed. Though I worry that’ll take pressure off the cantankerous legislators that are blocking true support for Ukraine.

    How did US politics get to a point where Russia is tacitly if not explicitly being supported by half of the electorate? And all because of an 🍊 with an IQ to match?

    :(

        • @[email protected]
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          18 months ago

          Seems to me like Russian oligarchs benefit greatly from all these new trade lines with China but what do I know?

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                18 months ago

                Maybe. They do export to China. The thing is China cuts a hard bargain, and so they really prefer to sell to Europeans, who will bid competitively. And also they could potentially sell to both, so I’m not sure how Ukraine figures in to any of it.

                • Colin from Edinburgh, Oklahoma
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                  @CanadaPlus @Jax
                  China and India pay close to cost price for Russian oil and and have refused to pay in Rubles, which caused the Ruble to become an effectively non-exchangeable currency. Russia is spending 40% of its income on the war, and as its income is almost entirely derived from petrochemicals, the effect on the Russian economy is catastrophic. They are not exporting refined products due to failing infrastructure and Ukrainian attacks on refineries. The situation is serious.

    • LeadersAtWorkB
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      Worry all you like. Kicker is a lot of people have been screaming at Biden/his administration to send aid to Ukraine again. I am definitely not his #1 fan, though he’s trying and that should be recognized more often, despite his faults.

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          That is basically the steady-state outcome in a first-pass-the-post election system. What more would one expect?

          Until our election system can better reflect the population it serves, the only real choice one will ever have is “which of these two do I dislike least?”