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  • Russia’s main demand is no Nato.

    This is bullshit. ‘No NATO’ is one of Russia’s many lies, a talking point, a pushed narrative, a lie they used at some point. At the same time, Putin has publicly stated intention of getting control of UDSSR land “back”.

    NATO was never an enemy of a collaborative or just Russia. It was only opposition to military action.

    Giving in to ‘no Nato’ is giving up on autonomy and on being able to defend, with all its consequences.

    Today’s USA under Trump is more of an ally to Russia than not. Trump is actively working for Putin and against Europe. It’s just that the political and systematic environment protects us from worse, for now.






  • Which relations specifically do you suggest we rebuild?

    The Russia before the recent invasion was a Russia preparing for war. Russia has and had explicit pursued goals of destabilization of Europe and making Europe dependent. and Russia wants its UDSSR land and control back. The US isn’t the problem in that relationship. I certainly don’t want back into that trajectory.

    China has its own voiced claims and seekings of foreign territories. They’re fundamentally egoistic and pursuing control and dominance. It was an asymmetric trade, making use of the open European market while having a closed domestic market. They were stealing know-how and then used subsidization to weaken and drive out European competition. I don’t want back onto that relationship and trajectory either.

    We need new kinds of relations. And the US doesn’t stand in the way of that. It’s another party we need new kinds of relations with.