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Because the sanctions against Russia went so well (Germany deindustrializing, Europe spiraling into full-blown economic crisis, Russia now self-reliant and with a newly reinvigorated and growing industrial manufacturing economy), the geniuses in Berlin and Brussels are preparing to sanction the central economic engine of the world, an economy at least ten times the size Russia's and upon which they themselves are even more dependent, at a time when Germany and Europe are maximally uncompetitive.
They were thinking about those sweet profits! Planning for long term sustainability is not something capitalists are very good at so it’s no surprise to me that they haven’t had the foresight that chasing cheap labor is not only a well that will one day run dry, but also leaves your economy dependent on global trade.
Meanwhile Russia and Iran are both pretty much entirely self reliant because of exclusion from the west’s trade network and aren’t rolling over militarily like the western governments seemed to think they would.