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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.
Makes sense. Post-war West Germany was completely rebuilt to be the USA’s military base nearest the Eastern Bloc and subsequently using American finance to rebuild economically.
After reunification this became the case for all of Germany.