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Re:Ask HN: Why does the Ruble still hold 50% of its value? by lm28469 on Friday March 11, 2022 @08:39AM (#30639714)
Hm no, globalisation made everyone rely on everyone else, as soon as one actor disappear the whole system crumbles. You paid cheaper for a while but the final cost is being completely incapable of handling crisis (remember covid ?)

Look at France and its nationalised nuclear energy production, they won't be nearly as impacted as Poland or Germany.

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Re:Ask HN: Why does the Ruble still hold 50% of its value? by DFHippie on Friday March 11, 2022 @12:11PM (#30642698)
If you say "I'm not going to pay the price for that" it implies you think the price is too high. But if you want lower prices you want globalization. The system hasn't "crumbled". The prices have gone up. Where are the Italian gas fields that went unexploited because of globalization?
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Re:Ask HN: Why does the Ruble still hold 50% of its value? by lm28469 on Friday March 11, 2022 @12:59PM (#30643514)
They could have build new nuclear power plants instead of voting for decommissioning them and sucking every last drops of cheap oil. Future generations will be the judge, in the meantime get ready for a few cold winters.
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