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How does killing your economy stop the war in Ukraine?

• runarberg 5y ago
  By hurting the economy of the aggressor even more.
  • abalashov 5y ago
    It's important to see that there's no real near-distance endgame ("off ramp") for Putin politically; he's in a position from which he cannot retreat. That makes an economic bet quite a bold one. If Russia's polity were that sensitive to economic fluctuations, the war would have most likely never got started...
    • FeepingCreature 5y ago
      If we are to care that Putin has no off-ramp, we would be incentivizing destroying your own off-ramps. As Putin arguably has done.
    • Epa095 5y ago
      There is no off ramp for Putin, but getting rid of him is an off ramp for everyone else. The question is if there are still structures in Russia able to do that.
  • goatlover 5y ago
    Which is an assumption that devastating the Russian economy will either force Putin to withdraw or result in his removal from power. Biden told US reporters that we have to wait a month to see whether sanctions were working, because there's no guarantee it will have the desired effect on Moscow.