> it consumes. yes. and whoever gets preferable trade deals gets our business. we can also subsidize things through investments, moving factories, military bases, or even foreign aid. just think of israel. that shithole would be poorer than africa if it wasn't for all the aid and special privileges/trade deals we give to that country. the united states also built up taiwan, south korea, japan, etc. it's the benefit of being a vassal of the united states. that what ukraine wanted as well.  > this is a cope. rofl. they nearly made a peace deal in fucking istanbul, retard. then boris johnson showed up and told zelensky we wouldn't sign anything. > or: i literally linked the fucking article, retard. russia was asked by the west to pull troops back from kiev as part of peace negotiations. russia pulled back, then ukraine left the negotiations and murdered their own negotiator.   gence-chief-confirms-march-death-of -ukrainian-negotiator-in-sbu-car/ > or: people dont actually like living in authoritarian shitholes or puppet states and actually want closer ties to the west. then why didn't they vote for that? you are conflating what ukrainians in kiev want with what all ukrainians want. as i said, in washington d.c., only like 5% of population supports trump. it would be pretty easy to coup trump since pretty much everyone within 100 miles of washington d.c. is a democrat. > moscow didnt want ukrainians getting rich via the west and told him to kill the deal. do you even know what countries are rich/poor? holy fuck. you think poland is doing something special? or the baltics? they aren't doing shit. they're getting subsidized in part by german industry(which was itself subsidized by cheap russian gas), as well as the dollar. the only reason russia is as poor as it is is because they west tries to keep russia poor. why do you think there is such a massive disparity between its real gdp and its per-capita gdp?
United States