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Your picture is not of a destroyed wheat field, so what is your point? Everything in the linked story claims that wheat shortages are due to short-term disrupt

Your picture is not of a destroyed wheat field, so what is your point? Everything in the linked story claims that wheat shortages are due to short-term disruption, not productive capacity having been destroyed. > How many years or decades will it take to build back that trust? That’s irrelevant to the discussion. You don’t need to trust someone in order to buy wheat from them. The actual sanctions are what matter, not whatever they “symbolize”. And there’s no reason to believe the sanctions would last for years or decades if Putin were deposed and Russia’s aggressive actions stopped.

thesuperbigfrog 5y ago
>> Your picture is not of a destroyed wheat field, so what is your point? Everything in the linked story claims that wheat shortages are due to short-term disruption, not productive capacity having been destroyed. Wheat fields don't harvest themselves. Wheat can't drive itself to ports and load itself on ships. It requires people and infrastructure. The war has disrupted those people and the country's infrastructure. It does not magically return when the war ends. >> You don’t need to trust someone in order to buy wheat from them. Yes, but when given the choice many people choose not to do business with murderous criminal thugs. If someone killed your family members or friends would you buy grain from them? Or would you pay more and buy grain from someone else? >> And there’s no reason to believe the sanctions would last for years or decades if Putin were deposed and Russia’s aggressive actions stopped. Who knows? That has not happened yet.