Think of all the extra capitalism that is happening by adding additional layers of transport and management.
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this meme is exaggerating for comedic effect; there are much shorter routes which can also make it good gas. (eg)
I think the bigger issue than the route is that countries reselling will hold back supply when push comes to shove. Turkey or India aren’t going to send diesel to Europe when their own economies need it.
The US geopolitical strategy of trying to sanction Russia while starting a trade war with China and saber-rattling over Taiwan and then being shocked when China doesn’t participate in the sanctions is genuinely bizarre. It really leads me to believe that the powers that be just have absolutely no idea what they’re doing.
I mean, I guess if you want to understand the mentality, you can just talk to the average lib, they’d absolutely do the same because they aren’t capable of thinking beyond, “country bad.” And saying it might be a bad strategy to push rivals towards each other by giving them a common enemy is surely enough to brand me a “tankie” and dismiss everything I say. When I put it that way, it’s not really surprising that the people in the halls of power are on the same brainrot.
I’m grabbing my popcorn for the comments.
Better this way, than attacking an oil-rich country on the grounds that it has weapons of mass destruction
Except that Europe is actively aiding and abetting the US in the war on Iran.
