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Re:My War (1982) by matthewaveryusa on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @11:02AM (#40658931)
I think it's more nuanced than naivety. Germany was willing to turn a blind eye for the cheap energy their powerful industrial economy relies on. I don't think it's wrong to take the cheap energy knowingly from your enemy -- you just can't lose sight of it.

Fundamentally it's ok to arbitrage with your opponent if it means more prosperity for you -- it gets complicated when you're doing it on the back of large deficits, and do it for long enough that you forget it was a gambit to begin with and now it's a dependency. Oops.

Re:My War (1982) by phone8675309 on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @03:30PM (#40662005)
If only Germany didn't start shutting off all of their nuclear reactors right before making this deal with the devil.

This is a self-inflicted wound and I cannot feel sorry for Germany. Their choice has been fueling the Russian war machine until recently. Fuck 'em.