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Unemployment is still near record low levels. The Fed isn't firing people - they are correctly raising interest rates to keep up with inflation. There's not m

Unemployment is still near record low levels. The Fed isn't firing people - they are correctly raising interest rates to keep up with inflation. There's not much wiggle room for them. If we all want this problem to go away, we should be focusing on improving our own energy independence and energy transportation quickly and ending the war in Ukraine which is disrupting markets and causing economic havoc in Europe.

sofixa 4y ago
> If we all want this problem to go away, we should be focusing on ending the war in Ukraine which is disrupting energy markets and causing economic havoc in Europe. If you have contacts in the Kremlin feel free, but otherwise that's an empty idea. There are two ways to do that - Ukraine gives up, which it won't, or Russia does, which it won't. Putin cannot afford to show how weak he is or he might be gone, and Ukraine will no longer compromise on it's territorial integrity now that it has the upper hand in the fighting, and moral justification (they were invaded by a brutal genocidal regime that has murder thousands of their civilians, why would they compromise with them, especially now that they're beating them?).
- koheripbal 4y ago
  There is a lot of hopium on social media about this right now because we mostly only see the Ukrainian side of this conflict. The likely outcome to this war is Ukraine losing territory. There is no reasonably likely outcome where Ukraine will liberate ALL of the occupied territories. Putin will indeed use tactical nukes, or at least demonstrate them, should Ukraine push much further into the occupied land. ...but you are right that little of that is in our hands. Domestically, we need to ramp up energy production. Both in the US and EU.
  - sofixa 4y ago
    > There is no reasonably likely outcome where Ukraine will liberate ALL of the occupied territories. Of course there is. The Russian army is a disaster reminding of their WWI performances, so it being defeated until they're out of Ukraine isn't unreasonable. > Putin will indeed use tactical nukes, or at least demonstrate them, should Ukraine push much further into the occupied land. Nobody should pretend to understand what Putin will do. He has subverted expectations many times. I hope Macron, Truss and Biden have explicitly made it clear to him that any sort of nukes are the red line that must not be crossed. That's the message i heard, i hope he has too and is not desperate enough to start a nuclear war to save his ass.
  - _kbh_ 4y ago
    > Putin will indeed use tactical nukes, or at least demonstrate them, should Ukraine push much further into the occupied land. Any use of nukes will lead to an overwhelming (likely conventional) response from Ukraines allies, unless Russia wants to lose the war faster they should really stay away from silly stunts like using nukes.

sofixa 4y ago

> If we all want this problem to go away, we should be focusing on ending the war in Ukraine which is disrupting energy markets and causing economic havoc in Europe. If you have contacts in the Kremlin feel free, but otherwise that's an empty idea. There are two ways to do that - Ukraine gives up, which it won't, or Russia does, which it won't. Putin cannot afford to show how weak he is or he might be gone, and Ukraine will no longer compromise on it's territorial integrity now that it has the upper hand in the fighting, and moral justification (they were invaded by a brutal genocidal regime that has murder thousands of their civilians, why would they compromise with them, especially now that they're beating them?).

koheripbal 4y ago
There is a lot of hopium on social media about this right now because we mostly only see the Ukrainian side of this conflict. The likely outcome to this war is Ukraine losing territory. There is no reasonably likely outcome where Ukraine will liberate ALL of the occupied territories. Putin will indeed use tactical nukes, or at least demonstrate them, should Ukraine push much further into the occupied land. ...but you are right that little of that is in our hands. Domestically, we need to ramp up energy production. Both in the US and EU.
- sofixa 4y ago
  > There is no reasonably likely outcome where Ukraine will liberate ALL of the occupied territories. Of course there is. The Russian army is a disaster reminding of their WWI performances, so it being defeated until they're out of Ukraine isn't unreasonable. > Putin will indeed use tactical nukes, or at least demonstrate them, should Ukraine push much further into the occupied land. Nobody should pretend to understand what Putin will do. He has subverted expectations many times. I hope Macron, Truss and Biden have explicitly made it clear to him that any sort of nukes are the red line that must not be crossed. That's the message i heard, i hope he has too and is not desperate enough to start a nuclear war to save his ass.
- _kbh_ 4y ago
  > Putin will indeed use tactical nukes, or at least demonstrate them, should Ukraine push much further into the occupied land. Any use of nukes will lead to an overwhelming (likely conventional) response from Ukraines allies, unless Russia wants to lose the war faster they should really stay away from silly stunts like using nukes.