Re:The euro and the dollar are a penny away from parity for ...
by treis on Monday July 11, 2022 @01:24PM
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>I saw plenty of people saying before the invasion that it would be irrational for Putin to invade and therefore he wouldn't.
I didn't, but nevertheless there's a difference between "it's irrational because the cost is higher than the benefit" and "it's irrational because there's no benefit to getting your ass kicked".
Re:The euro and the dollar are a penny away from parity for ...
by ben_w on Monday July 11, 2022 @03:05PM
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Isn’t one of those a subset of the other? Both look kinda like they’re applicable to Russia right now, but I’m aware my sense of scale may be wrong for stuff like this.
I didn't, but nevertheless there's a difference between "it's irrational because the cost is higher than the benefit" and "it's irrational because there's no benefit to getting your ass kicked".