They did it to themselves. Or perhaps I should say: they did it on purpose (because the people manufacturing / managing the crisis are not going to be the ones

They did it to themselves. Or perhaps I should say: they did it on purpose (because the people manufacturing / managing the crisis are not going to be the ones really suffering). The transition away from fossil fuels was rushed; nuclear power should have been ramped up first. Trump stood in front of the UN and warned that Germany would be dependent on Russian gas, and the German delegation just laughed. Now EU leaders are taking advantage of the Ukraine situation to make Putin the scapegoat for their failures. They don't care about the small businesses and the working class; in fact quite the opposite: the more you suffer, the better they can control you.