They ain't seen nuthin' yet...

Jolly

I think we can ratchet things up much farther than they can...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/kremlin-tells-united-states-to-await-response-to-economic-war/ar-AAUPbhy?ocid=msedgntp

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

"They ain't seen nuthin' yet."

What do you think the odds are that Russia will cut off energy supplies to Europe?

Jolly

@George-K said in They ain't seen nuthin' yet...:

"They ain't seen nuthin' yet."

What do you think the odds are that Russia will cut off energy supplies to Europe?

Better than 50/50.

But they would be cutting their own economic throat.

xenon

There's nothing Russia can do that wouldn't result in 10x blowback on itself - outside of nuclear war, in which we're all screwed.

At least I can't think of anything.

I heard Putin's party floated the idea of nationalizing any foreign assets of entities that had sanctioned Russia.

I guess they'll be fine with zero foreign direct investment going forward.

Renauda

@Jolly said in They ain't seen nuthin' yet...:

@George-K said in They ain't seen nuthin' yet...:

"They ain't seen nuthin' yet."

What do you think the odds are that Russia will cut off energy supplies to Europe?

Better than 50/50.

But they would be cutting their own economic throat.

Was listening to a former economic advisor to Putin this afternoon on BBC World Service who now lives in in the USA. Same questions posed to him as are in this thread. His analysis was that the effect of economic sanctions on the Russian economy are lost on Putin. He has zero understanding of economics and business and approaches everything as a conspiratorial exercise that involves brute force.

Copper

@Renauda said in They ain't seen nuthin' yet...:

He has zero understanding of economics and business and approaches everything as a conspiratorial exercise that involves brute force.

Get him to spend 5 minutes in this forum and he will be a world class economist.

taiwan_girl

It seems like Russia may be on a return to the USSR days. More and more state control of the economy.

89th

Putin fighting a 1970s war 50 years too late. The world has changed, bro.

LuFins Dad

@89th said in They ain't seen nuthin' yet...:

Putin fighting a 1970s war 50 years too late. The world has changed, bro.

Double digit inflation, long gas lines, people smoking a bunch of weed, war in the Middle East, people up in arms over school segregation, racial riots in the streets, what exactly has fundamentally changed?

Renauda

@taiwan_girl said in They ain't seen nuthin' yet...:

It seems like Russia may be on a return to the USSR days. More and more state control of the economy.

We’ll know for certain when Putin discards his blue business suit in exchange for a peasant’s shirt and jackboots a la Stalin or a more modern proletarian tunic along the lines of the House of Xi.

89th

@LuFins-Dad said in They ain't seen nuthin' yet...:

@89th said in They ain't seen nuthin' yet...:

Putin fighting a 1970s war 50 years too late. The world has changed, bro.

Double digit inflation, long gas lines, people smoking a bunch of weed, war in the Middle East, people up in arms over school segregation, racial riots in the streets, what exactly has fundamentally changed?

I'm sorry, I wouldn't know, I wasn't born yet.

BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LuFins Dad

@89th said in They ain't seen nuthin' yet...:

@LuFins-Dad said in They ain't seen nuthin' yet...:

@89th said in They ain't seen nuthin' yet...:

Putin fighting a 1970s war 50 years too late. The world has changed, bro.

Double digit inflation, long gas lines, people smoking a bunch of weed, war in the Middle East, people up in arms over school segregation, racial riots in the streets, what exactly has fundamentally changed?

I'm sorry, I wouldn't know, I wasn't born yet.

BOOMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FIFYNNTTM

Aqua Letifer

@LuFins-Dad said in They ain't seen nuthin' yet...:

@89th said in They ain't seen nuthin' yet...:

Putin fighting a 1970s war 50 years too late. The world has changed, bro.

Double digit inflation, long gas lines, people smoking a bunch of weed, war in the Middle East, people up in arms over school segregation, racial riots in the streets, what exactly has fundamentally changed?

The music is far shittier this time around.