Re:Nord Stream 2 declares bankruptcy
by baq on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @01:59AM
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But lost I mean opportunity cost of waging war (yes I know it isn’t a choice) is devastating. It sets them back 20 years. Basically a generation of development has been lost.
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It sounds cheesy, but if they're still a country and have allies and citizens who believe in their future, I don't consider that a loss. A loss would be if the dust settles and, for one reason or another, Ukraine is not recognized as a country anymore (either because Russia declares them as theirs and the rest of the world just forgets about it, or because they simply can't sustain themselves anymore).
Germany took Poland to start WW2. Did Poland lose?
> Germany took Poland to start WW2. Did Poland lose?
Kind of, yeah: After WW2, Poland was part of the Warsaw[1] Pact for forty years. And if Communism hadn't fallen, they'd still be.
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[1]: The name becomes doubly ironic in this specific context.