It's all to decouple Russia from the global economy.

The reasoning behind sanctions essentially comes from a core assumption of the Americans. The assumption that everyone wants to live in a American style democracy with all the rights, stuff, and consumerism. So the best way to punish a nation is to remove their ability to get stuff, so that "the people" get fed up, revolt, and (magically) install a friendly western-style democracy (or at the very least a dictator-for-life that accepts the American's hegemony).

And Americans get very surprised when it doesn't work out. In it's attempt to punish Russia, globalization efforts are indefinitely sunk. Globalization of the leftist kind requires worldwide adoption, and Russia getting jettisoned off denies that worldwide adoption.

This is by no means an end for the Western-style leftism however. The Americans will tighten it's grip on it's backyard, and double down efforts across the US. It won't be the Cold War all over again, as Russia's economy and demographics aren't all that great to begin with. However, there is going to be some pain felt worldwide.

The loss of grain production from both Russia and Ukraine (#1 and #5 in the world respectively) is going to hit poorer countries pretty hard. There's a lot of heavy metals, fertilizers, and farming/production chemicals that get shipped to the US from Russia, so I'd expect an increase in price for farming and farming equipment, which means a hike in food prices as well.

I'm not seeing what the long-term endgame is for the West. The sanctions (in western theory) will oust Putin at some point in the short future, but I haven't heard anything about anyone who could replace Putin that would at least have a chance at running Russia as well as being acceptable to the Americans at the same time. I personally am not sure that Russian even exists, but I could be wrong. The alternative in my mind is that the Americans are "wrecking" Russia as revenge for wrecking Ukraine, but I don't see any wisdom in turning a nuclear power into an anarchist state, so I'm sure I'm missing something.

Russia, in the meantime, is going to do it's best to make money wherever it can. China is a likely sanction-breaker, but cool relations between the two countries dating decades back and China's inability and/or unwillingness to provide any security guarantees will effectively hinder any relationship between Russia and China.

India is a more likely candidate for breaking sanctions. There is already a close relationship between the two (in an effort to contain the Chinese) and India has already showed signs of softness with the Russians. India is also a big purchaser of Russian military equipment, so it'll be interesting to see if India switches military hardware suppliers or continues with Russia.

All in all, the dream of a globalized world is effectively dead, for now. However, that doesn't mean that the places within the Western world will end it's crusades. Outside of the Western world will get harder (in the western sense), with lots of potential fun "what-ifs" popping up.

Here's a fun one, what if China takes over Russia's previous role of #2 world supplier of military hardware?

It's all to decouple Russia from the global economy.

The reasoning behind sanctions essentially comes from a core assumption of the Americans. The assumption that everyone wants to live in a American style democracy with all the rights, stuff, and consumerism. So the best way to punish a nation is to remove their ability to get stuff, so that "the people" get fed up, revolt, and (magically) install a friendly western-style democracy (or at the very least a dictator-for-life that accepts the American's hegemony).

And Americans get very surprised when it doesn't work out. In it's attempt to punish Russia, globalization efforts are indefinitely sunk. Globalization of the leftist kind requires worldwide adoption, and Russia getting jettisoned off denies that worldwide adoption.

This is by no means an end for the Western-style leftism however. The Americans will tighten it's grip on it's backyard, and double down efforts across the US. It won't be the Cold War all over again, as Russia's economy and demographics aren't all that great to begin with. However, there is going to be some pain felt worldwide.

The loss of grain production from both Russia and Ukraine (#1 and #5 in the world respectively) is going to hit poorer countries pretty hard. There's a lot of heavy metals, fertilizers, and farming/production chemicals that get shipped to the US from Russia, so I'd expect an increase in price for farming and farming equipment, which means a hike in food prices as well.

I'm not seeing what the long-term endgame is for the West. The sanctions (in western theory) will oust Putin at some point in the short future, but I haven't heard anything about anyone who could replace Putin that would at least have a chance at running Russia as well as being acceptable to the Americans at the same time. I personally am not sure that Russian even exists, but I could be wrong. The alternative in my mind is that the Americans are "wrecking" Russia as revenge for wrecking Ukraine, but I don't see any wisdom in turning a nuclear power into an anarchist state, so I'm sure I'm missing something.

Russia, in the meantime, is going to do it's best to make money wherever it can. China is a likely sanction-breaker, but cool relations between the two countries dating decades back and China's inability and/or unwillingness to provide any security guarantees will effectively hinder any relationship between Russia and China.

India is a more likely candidate for breaking sanctions. There is already a close relationship between the two (in an effort to contain the Chinese) and India has already showed signs of softness with the Russians. India is also a big purchaser of Russian military equipment, so it'll be interesting to see if India switches military hardware suppliers or continues with Russia.

All in all, the dream of a globalized world is effectively dead, for now. However, that doesn't mean that the places within the Western world will end it's crusades within the countries within it's influence. Outside of the Western world will get harder, with lots of potential fun "what-ifs" popping up.

Here's a fun one, what if China takes over Russia's previous role of #2 world supplier of military hardware?

It's all to decouple Russia from the global economy.

The reasoning behind sanctions essentially comes from a core assumption of the Americans. The assumption that everyone wants to live in a American style democracy with all the rights, stuff, and consumerism. So the best way to punish a nation is to remove their ability to get stuff, so that "the people" get fed up, revolt, and (magically) install a friendly western-style democracy (or at the very least a dictator-for-life that accepts the American's hegemony).

And Americans get very surprised when it doesn't work out. In it's attempt to punish Russia, globalization efforts are indefinitely sunk. Globalization of the leftist kind requires worldwide adoption, and Russia getting jettisoned off denies that worldwide adoption.

This is by no means an end for the Western-style leftism however. The Americans will tighten it's grip on it's backyard, and double down efforts across the US. It won't be the Cold War all over again, as Russia's economy and demographics aren't all that great to begin with. However, there is going to be some pain felt worldwide.

The loss of grain production from both Russia and Ukraine (#1 and #5 in the world respectively) is going to hit poorer countries pretty hard. There's a lot of heavy metals, fertilizers, and farming/production chemicals that get shipped to the US from Russia, so I'd expect an increase in price for farming and farming equipment, which means a hike in food prices as well.

I'm not seeing what the long-term endgame is for the West. The sanctions (in western theory) will oust Putin at some point in the short future, but I haven't heard anything about anyone who could replace Putin that would at least have a chance at running Russia as well as being acceptable to the Americans at the same time.

Russia, in the meantime, is going to do it's best to make money wherever it can. China is a likely sanction-breaker, but cool relations between the two countries dating decades back and China's inability and/or unwillingness to provide any security guarantees will effectively hinder any relationship between Russia and China.

India is a more likely candidate for breaking sanctions. There is already a close relationship between the two (in an effort to contain the Chinese) and India has already showed signs of softness with the Russians. India is also a big purchaser of Russian military equipment, so it'll be interesting to see if India switches military hardware suppliers or continues with Russia.

All in all, the dream of a globalized world is effectively dead, for now. However, that doesn't mean that the places within the Western world will end it's crusades within the countries within it's influence. Outside of the Western world will get harder, with lots of potential fun "what-ifs" popping up.

Here's a fun one, what if China takes over Russia's previous role of #2 world supplier of military hardware?