RE: Downfall5 Nov 2025 19:36
Russia a superpower? Their economy was about the size if Italy, smaller now of course, they don't make anything, all they do is export fossil fuels. They have a lot of nukes left over from the Cold war altho China may have an eye on them. China will be the real winner. Sitting on the side lines watching Russia deplete itself. They will take Siberia when the time is right. They've given Putin the rope to hang himself, donating just enough to keep him going; dual use machine tools, "camping equipment", hunting rifles, motorbikes, lots of parts for drones. Putin thinks they're his mates but their national interests do not align, far from it. Russia wants to sell the world fossil fuels, China want to export Electric vehicles, solar panels, batteries and wind turbines. Can you see the problem? China manufactures 10million EVs and 1TW of solar panels annually, won't be long until that starts lowering the price of oil and gas. Probably gonna put a few legacy automakers out of business as well, VW look like they're approaching their Kodak moment, their EVs are not competitive and the demand for Smokey cars is falling. It does look like Europe is in decline, we have failed to produce an AI tech giant to challenge those from the US and China's lead in renewable energy tech is unassailable. Maybe it'll be a quaint place for tourists to come and look at some old buildings.