Unknownirish t1_j6kub6m wrote on January 31, 2023 at 1:06 AM

Reply to comment by mlamping in Game Theory: The war will end soon, oil will plummet, Biden will get re-elected by mlamping

Well I'm not European, I'm American.

I do have sympathy for Europeans and the winter they face. But I am referring to the natural gas chart I mentioned as a way as a starting point to step way from fossil fuels, and I believe Biden is thinking this way.

Though it is a dangerous game, and generally Americans view Putin as a dictator.

Putin isn't stupid though, and I have been watching a lot of history of Putin, and my take is he probably feels he is the last true Russian patriot. As controverial that may be to say.

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JMLobo83 t1_j6lgl46 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 3:56 AM

Putin is just trying to stay in power, this is straight out of the dictators playback. When your people are getting restless, blame external "enemies" and launch an invasion.

Unknownirish t1_j6lgwq8 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 3:58 AM

Just going to ignore this huh

Could be propaganda though? Why is "second wave" in quotation marks?

JMLobo83 t1_j6lifin wrote on January 31, 2023 at 4:11 AM

The "first wave" left when he first instituted the draft, the second wave left when it became apparent that Russia was losing and the war could drag on for years and economic stagnation was assured.

There's no question Russia is suffering a talent and wealth drain, but that's still estimated to be around 1,000,000 or so out of a total population of around 145,000,000, so less than 1% estimated have fled due to the war. Probably more than that will die or be injured in the war before it's over.