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Almost all, if not all, of the things you list as imminent problems were foreseen before they were imminent.
by imoverclocked 5y ago
Almost all, if not all, of the things you list as imminent problems were foreseen before they were imminent.
- echelon 5y agoI don't know about the other problems OP listed, but nuclear annihilation seems more probable now than any time since the cold war. We'd almost forgotten about the problem until recently. A cornered, unhinged, elderly dictator with access to a huge nuclear arsenal does not give me comfort.
- vlovich123 5y agoI’ll put any amount of money down that Putin won’t deploy nuclear force unless Russia’s territory is invaded (this includes anything he’s annexed and claimed as his)
- vba616 5y ago>this includes anything he’s annexed and claimed as his Do you have any thoughts on what/whom will be next?
- vlovich123 5y agoGoing by the Foundations of Geopolitics book which seems to capture the strategy so far pretty well AFAICT, the candidates could be Finland & Mongolia? It's not just about direct annexation. A bulk of the work is in creating an indirect sphere of influence to avoid Germany's problem of having the rest of the world coalesce against them.
- Piskvorrr 5y agoThat effort seems to have imploded this past week. shrug
- rocqua 5y agoIf he is starting to lose the internal power struggle, as we hope sanctions might cause, I could imagine Putin reaching for one final trick to stay in power. That trick could be "we'll just win the war in Ukraine with some tactical nukes". Or maybe "if I beat America (by nukes) they will respect me again in the Kremlin".
- mellavora 5y agoI would to, because either: - Putin doesn't go nuclear and I win the bet - Putin does go nuclear and you aren't able to collect from me. Heads I win, tails you lose.