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Originally Posted by woj
Sanctions don't matter to them because they are acting tough thinking they are invincible, but facts speak for themselves:[]
EU is ~22% of world GDP
US is ~22% of world GDP
China is ~11% of world GDP
- they are staying neutral, but if shit really would hit the fan, and China would be forced to pick sides, they would lean towards EU/US, China needs EU/US markets 100x more than it needs Russia's resources
- just look at who china trades with: http://en.wikipedia.org<br />
/wiki...tners_of_China
-US+EU = 1000B vs 80B for Russia
Russia is ~3% of world GDP
Only in Russia that translates to invincible...
No one wants to ruffle feathers and create drama in the world, that's why no one is too eager to play the sanctions game, but Russia is far from invincible... |
It's hardly thinking they are invincible. They are doing what any country would do. Let's not even go what US did to "protect it's interests". They are protecting it's people.
But more onto the "facts"
1. You obviously forgot the problems whole Europe was in when Ukraine/Russia had gas issues and whole Europe had problems because of it. You have no idea how much the EU is dependent on Russian gas.
2. China really does not need anyone in the world. Same as any nation that big both landwise and population wise. Pretty sure they aren't siding with the west anytime soon since they're closer to russians in a multitude of ways (both comunits, have direct borders with each other ...). You thinking they'd stick with the west is just silly.
3. $ is second currency in the russia. If they decided to dump all their $, so much economy would take a hit it's insane.
4. Last, im pretty sure EU has way more comfort to lose with sanctions on russia then vice versa.
Your capitalist mind thinks it's a numbers game from economic standpoint, which it's clear when you compared walmart to russia. One is a company that can die from multitude of reasons tomorrow, other is the biggest country in the world with millions of people, and really has no way of dying and is a self sustaining entity.