> due to their own governments stupid energy sanctions game Having morals and accepting hardship for standing up for them is not stupid. It's a principled stan

> due to their own governments stupid energy sanctions game Having morals and accepting hardship for standing up for them is not stupid. It's a principled stance most Europeans agree with. Governments need to step in and help whenever needed (with price caps for consumers, advantageous loans to businesses) to smooth it out, but it was that or appeasement, and we all know very well it doesn't work.