russia is absolute reverse of what you believe. putin didnt even blink about all the German gas trade when attacking Ukraine. https://www.dw.com/en/the-history

russia is absolute reverse of what you believe. putin didnt even blink about all the German gas trade when attacking Ukraine. https://www.dw.com/en/the-history-of-nord-stream/a-58618313 https://www.dw.com/en/the-history-of-nord-stream/a-58618313 "In the early 2000s, however, German politicians had developed a contrary, more liberal theory — that more economic interdependence between Russia and western Europe would create peace in the long run. As trade increased, democracy would inevitably prevail." >Do we really want an isolated, independent and self-sufficient China? China being cut off from ~15%? of their market does not mean China isolation, it means US rewriting Child labor laws to fill Walmart shelves. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/03/31/us-child-labor-laws-state-bills/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/03/31/us-child-... https://www.newsweek.com/child-labor-laws-changed-five-states-2008126 https://www.newsweek.com/child-labor-laws-changed-five-state... https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/25/business/florida-child-labor-laws/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/25/business/florida-child-la...