> Do we enjoy being held for ransom? Yes, one of the main goals of the world bank and western global economic policy after world war 2 is to create an intercon

> Do we enjoy being held for ransom? Yes, one of the main goals of the world bank and western global economic policy after world war 2 is to create an interconnected world where countries like Germany are dependant on Russia in the hopes that this forces peace talks by making war more costly. The idea is that they are also dependent on us and we can sanction countries like Russia or Iran or North Korea into working with us instead of fighting us. The issue with this policy is that we need to make the first move in good faith but if countries don't return honestly then our sanctions remove luxury goods like McDonalds while their counter sanctions remove necessities like heating. The second part of the issue is that once sanctions have been applied there no second step and the sanctioned country will just ally itself with other sanctioned countries as a matter of necessity thus pushing them further away from us and closer to all out war. To protect our selves we need to be self sufficient in these matters which makes the whole thing not work as we will have no leverage other than war.