Economic Fallout: Pandemic, Brandon, Money Printer Go Brr, Ukraine.

[Floridaman]

i feel this article by the mises institute provides some much needed perspective on the situation

Russia Isn't Nearly as Isolated as Washington Wants You to Believe | Mises Institute

Those gloating about Russia being "cut off" are overstating the case. In fact, many of the world's largest countries have shown a reluctance to participate in

mises.org

 

[Agent23]

i feel this article by the mises institute provides some much needed perspective on the situation

Russia Isn't Nearly as Isolated as Washington Wants You to Believe | Mises Institute

Those gloating about Russia being "cut off" are overstating the case. In fact, many of the world's largest countries have shown a reluctance to participate in

mises.org

A great article summarizing the situation, even though there is not much new information in it per se.
Thanks for sharing!

 

[Agent23]

Interesting video featuring Gromen and Bianco.

Strategic calculation met by virtue signalling and knee-jerk reactions.
Theory that the whole thing is a gambit to destroy the dollar.

 

[Sobek]

They want a digital dollar now, and destroy the dollar would let such a drastic change come about. If you are a insane person that might even sound like a reasonable plan.

 

[Floridaman]

They want a digital dollar now, and destroy the dollar would let such a drastic change come about. If you are a insane person that might even sound like a reasonable plan.

Ehhh damaging the dollar would actually hurt the plan, since if people are rushing into alternate currencies it is a bit late they want to make the change prior to when things get really bad.

 

[Agent23]

Ehhh damaging the dollar would actually hurt the plan, since if people are rushing into alternate currencies it is a bit late they want to make the change prior to when things get really bad.

I think that some might assume the digital dollar will come as the replacement of the old dollar after a crash.

 

[Sobek]

Especially if they wanna tout it as a new international currency.

Isn't the EU also looking into digital Euros? Wouldn't it be very convenient for the elites to have a EuroDollar digital currency?

 

[Agent23]

Especially if they wanna tout it as a new international currency.

Isn't the EU also looking into digital Euros? Wouldn't it be very convenient for the elites to have a EuroDollar digital currency?

Eurodollar...
Yeah, we are almost living in Cyberpunk 20XX, but without all the cool implants.
I want my Mantis Hands, damn it!

 

[Arch Dornan]

India first?

 

[Agent23]

India first?

Don't bet on this disrupting the India/Russia relationship, and don't bet on Russia becoming fully dependant on China.
I think that Russia can turn into a balancer power in Asia, serving as an intermediary between india and its other, older allies on the one hand, and China on the other.
Whatever the situation, that part of the world is still seeing real growth and in need of raw materials and energy, and Russia is well-positioned to supply all that.

 

[Arch Dornan]

Don't bet on this disrupting the India/Russia relationship, and don't bet on Russia becoming fully dependant on China.
I think that Russia can turn into a balancer power in Asia, serving as an intermediary between india and its other, older allies on the one hand, and China on the other.
Whatever the situation, that part of the world is still seeing real growth and in need of raw materials and energy, and Russia is well-positioned to supply all that.

One or the other on either side would have to be completely fucking stupid to destroy the relationship Kruschev and Nehru set up.

 

[Agent23]

One or the other on either side would have to be completely fucking stupid to destroy the relationship Kruschev and Nehru set up.

Yeah,so IMHO Moscow will be the place where most important Asian mainland political meetings will be done, it will be the Vienna of Asia in the XXIth century.

Russia also has a lot of close ties with the likes of Vietnam, and both it and China benefit from an USA-free, prosperous Asian mainland.
IMO what will happen is this:
Russia and China split up influence in the former Stans, with the Russians having the majority of influence in Kazakhstan.
China gets access to resources and much bigger access to those markets for stuff like consumer goods.
Russia mediates between China and India and they eventually reach agreements, with the Chinese squeezing Pakistan to stop supporting anti-Indian forces, if they still have problems with AQ/Taliban, then their governmnet gets some aid from the Chechens and probably Iran.
Frankly, while it started off as a US ally, Pakistan has been moving more and more into China's orbit, and between China and Russia's allies in the area, it will be very easy to squeeze it until it starts behaving.
The Pakistani prime minister or whatever already had an interesting speech where he asks the West in response to their shenanigans adn attempts to get Pakistan to sanction Russia "...are we your slaves..."
They also see lots of weakness in the USA and I am willing to bet anything you want that the Chinese have some juicy revelations about 9/11 and Pakistan's involvement with the Taliban, which would preclude them becoming a US ally again.
Much of the Taliban involvement with the ISI for example is a matter of public record, and Osama did get killed in Pakistan.
TL;DR Pakistan is China and Russia's bitch, now.

MBS wants to pivot slightly to China and sell some oil in RMB because he is probably afraid of the China-Russia relationship and the new powerblock forming around it, he knows he will not have the same leverage over it as he has over the USA, and at the same time the USA has all those stupid green new deals and globalist virtue signalling going against it.

IMHO SA will stay mostly in the America-led block, while Russia will become a bigger player in the Asian emerging market block.

 

[Captain X]

Try not to masturbate too hard there.

 

[Arch Dornan]

Try not to masturbate too hard there.

What do you think will happen instead? Angry Russians couping Putin?

 

[Carrot of Truth]

Well one silver lining that will come out of this economic trouble is that the woke movement will be utterly destroyed.

 

[Arch Dornan]

Russian fast-food chain replacing McDonald’s reveals near-identical branding

Moscow has invested in domestic fast-food chains after McDonald’s shut its restaurants in Russia

www.independent.co.uk

International copyright definitely won't be lovin it.

 

[Captain X]

What do you think will happen instead? Angry Russians couping Putin?

That's an outside possibility, but I'd guess that we're going to have another round of Russians who don't want to live under a dictatorship fleeing that country (the not as rich ones that haven't been able to leave yet), and everyone else having to live under a tyrant who's going to do his best to relive the glory days of the Soviet Union. There are going to be countries willing to do business with them, but there will be a lot of risk involved, and nuUSSR is going to self-isolate until its economy can get back on an even keel, and even then they're basically going to turn into what China is now.

 

[Captain X]

Meanwhile:

 

[Agent23]

What do you think will happen instead? Angry Russians couping Putin?

Putin's approval rating actually spiked to close to 80% thanks to western spergouts and sanctions.
Russia had problems with inflation as well, because the glut of dollars that came into their economy due to somebody's stimmies and money printing and low interest rates, and Putin was placing export taxes on grains and energy because he wanted to lower the inflation for the Russian consumer.
Well, this decoupling actually limits his exposure to the West's eurodollar system and its moneyprinter go brr approach, and gives him more control over inflation at home, and Westerners not buying Russian goods helps him with food and energy inflation, as well as gives him more freedom to implement exchange controlls, higher interest rates, and dedollarize the economy.
Any businesses that leave Russia can be bought up for fire sale prices and many imported products can be substituted with domestically made ones or Chinese ones, like it already happened with foodstuffs.
The result of that export substitution was turning Russia from a net importer of food, to a net exporter of food.
Also, how come the Chukchi is seeing my posts?
I blocked him.

Russian fast-food chain replacing McDonald’s reveals near-identical branding

Moscow has invested in domestic fast-food chains after McDonald’s shut its restaurants in Russia

www.independent.co.uk

International copyright definitely won't be lovin it.

Russia doesn't give a shit, they already implemeted a law that says Russia doesn't give a rat's ass about the intellectual property of countries that sanction it.
Also, I am pretty sure those new Chains, like Crimea Fried Chicken, Unkle Vanya and DonMac will be welcomed wholeheartedly by the Chinese soon.
And they will probably become popular in places like Serbia, Iran, Vietnam and a bunch of other locations, too.

I can't wait to visit one, personally, even if I have to go to Nish or Prishtina.
Bonus points if the Serbian branch makes a Fried Nighthawk special.
Actually, that will be popular with the Chinese as well, since they are still pissed off because Bill's BimboExplosion aftermath caused the bombing of their Serbian Embassy.

 

[Captain X]

Also, how come the Chukchi is seeing my posts?
I blocked him.

Looks like someone doesn't understand how the block function works.

I can see you, Russian bootlicker. Can you see me?