Russia invades Ukraine, threatens The West

[Eric the Green]

(03-10-2022, 04:42 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:

(03-08-2022, 05:04 PM)Dustinw5220 Wrote:

(03-08-2022, 01:23 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: I'm glad Biden took this step. I hope our allies can join us soon.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-plannin...1646746787

I wonder why it takes the individual decision by companies to not do business with Russia. I wonder why the government cannot apply an embargo on all commerce with Russia.

I am so happy Biden is making the move to fully sanction Russia and embargo their oil (I haven't written to him myself yet, but I was planning to soon), while I had hoped he could eventually be persuaded to follow through on this, I definitely didn't think it would be this fast (maybe there's still hope for our 4T yet).

Don't get me wrong, I'm certainly not under any illusions that things are gonna be smooth sailing from here on. The right-wing neoliberal Trump supporting lunatics are almost surely gonna have a hit (it's also too early to say for sure what Russia's and most importantly Putin's response is gonna be), and I have about as much faith in the American voters as you do these days (which isn't much). Still, I'm beyond relieved that we now have a president who understands the times we're living in and has the courage to do the right thing regardless of the potential consequences, Biden showed his strength as our 4T leader today (and for that I'm beyond grateful).

Hopefully, progress can finally start to rev up again now and we can officially begin our long overdue transition away from fossil fuels and toward renewables.

Well, I have no faith in Biden, the Liberal Democrats and you guys whatsoever. Only a Liberal piece of shit like you or Biden and the Liberal Democrats would view the situation in Ukraine as an opportunity to advance a globalist/neoliberal agenda at this point.  Like I've said, the Liberals are making a strong case for America to break ties with the Liberal states, declare it's independence and essentially leave you to your own demise.

Your agenda seems to be name-calling. And the needed transition to renewable energy, which might be encouraged now by the current need to cut off Russian oil industry to support Ukraine, is the opposite of neoliberalism, which seeks to remove all restraints on the ambition of fossil fuel magnates to keep us addicted to what is causing climate breakdown and pollution. Neoliberalism does not mean freedom; it means "free enterprise," IOW the freedom of the bosses to exploit us and keep their extreme wealth. As Monbiot says, we need to use our democracy to protect us from these bosses. Neoliberalism seeks to destroy democracy so that it can't protect us from them.