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I'm amazed how these European liders really believe Russia will invade and anex the whole continent. This is not baseless, it's pure fantasy. It's not even worth as propaganda because it's too absurd.
And they are bending to US because of this fervish dream.
It is very hard to annex a territory with a people that hates you. Russia is suffering a huge cost to annex 20% of Ukrainian territory whose population is ethnically Russian, speaks Russian, and hates the current Ukrainian regime for good reason.
Russia has an incredibly low demographic density, a total fertility of 1.41 (therefore some 30% less than replacement rate), negative growth, and 15.6% of its people are 65 or older. Losing the lives of so many young people is terrible not only morally (human cost), but economically too. I think even attempting to annex the other 80% of Ukraine would be a net loss. Then annexing European countries with a drastically different language and culture, different religion, and who were propagandized by decades of Russophobia? I don't know Russia is even capable of that, and even if it was possible, the catastrophic cost would be far greater than any benefit. Russia would lose the few precious youth it still has and accomplish what? Enlarge a territory that is already resource-rich and enormous? Russia is already 78% larger than China, with only 10% of the population.
Even if Russia was remotely as evil as NATO propaganda says, can anyone explain to me how the imaginary plan to annex Europe would be remotely advantageous to Russia?
What's the worse that can happen if Russia takes over the continent? They become neoliberal hellholes ran by oligarchs?
The funniest part here is that they're creating a self fulfilling prophecy. Except, Russia isn't going to invade the EU with their army. Instead, they're going to exploit the unravelling economic situation in the EU and do political capture. All the current neoliberal governments are already hanging by a thread, and once nationalists get in, they're going to have no problem working with Russia to get cheap energy and resources in return.