Democracies can endure a lot of hardship. Deciding to give in to Russia is not going to be popular. It's possible EU/NATO will collapse, it's not a while since

Democracies can endure a lot of hardship. Deciding to give in to Russia is not going to be popular. It's possible EU/NATO will collapse, it's not a while since we were tested like this. Well, maybe if we could endure covid lockdowns, then maybe a few rolling blackouts won't be the end of the EU. If nothing else rolling blackouts would motivate massive investment. Moreover, I doubt politicians will be able to see submission before Russia as a solution to rolling blackouts. The opposition will point out the obvious, Russia can just do it again.