Russia has launched on a military battle with Ukraine. With the rest of Europe, it is a battle of attrition that Vladimir Putin has initiated. Our lives will be affected, our economy too. This is the price to pay, adds Pascal Perri, for avoiding falling under the grip of Russia.
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The buying power of our country is Vladimir Putin's Achilles' heel. He had a good understanding of the frailty of our civilizations, which were drunk on ease, celebrations, and social benefits, and were lulled to sleep by the assurance of calm that some people have referred to as the end of history. The result of the battle in Ukraine will, of course, be determined by the troops that are now engaged in the conflict, as well as the resistance of both the front and the rear. "So long as the back stays strong," stated the hairy teenagers ages 14 to 18. Believe without a doubt in the Ukrainian warriors stationed along the Donbass front, provided that the conscience of the West does not forget us, even if just for vacation time!
On the one hand, the Russians, a people fed on propaganda, accustomed to the privations and poverty of everyday life, supported by historical myths fabricated and transmitted by the generations of the Great Patriotic War; on the other hand, forgetful European peoples, accustomed to well-heated apartments and villas, to the abundance of shelves and guaranteed low prices, to paid holidays and RTT. The Russians are a people fed on propaganda, accustomed to the privations and poverty of everyday life, supported by historical It is sufficient to see the internal migrations towards the coastlines in this summer of 2022, by train, aircraft, and vehicle, despite the price of a liter of gasoline being greater than 2 euros in order to be persuaded of this fact. Observing these migrations is all that is required. They declare on the news networks from dawn to night that this summer was a tragedy for consumers' spending ability... Notwithstanding this,
The Russian Federation's armed forces assert that their conflict with Ukraine is progressively transitioning into a state of total weariness. The side that is able to withstand the rigors of the fight for the longest period of time and the one that is most capable of inflicting pains on itself in order to triumph over the other side will emerge victorious.
Ernest Renan, writing in the 19th century, created some of the most moving and evocative passages in the history of the concept of sacrifice. At the moment and in reality, it was the greatest possible offering of one's life. What is being asked of us now is not the sacrifice of blood, but rather the loss of our comfort, which is much less excruciating and much more relative, and again, only for a very short period of time. We, the peoples of Europe, have a decision to make when confronted with Putin: either we will oppose him or we will submit to him. The man in charge of the Kremlin is betting on the dissatisfaction of Europeans. He is aware of how sensitive they are to changes in gasoline costs. He wields the instrument of horror in order to silence our voices. Not the horror as we see it, with its scaffolds and its squalid jails, but a far more subdued dread... the kind of terror that attacks the ways of life we have been used to.
It is not our lives that are under danger from Putin's tyranny; rather, it is our way of life. It speaks to both the social and individual egotism that we all possess. Therefore, it is time for the peoples of Europe and France in particular to wake up and understand that their country is both an unbroken tradition and a daily plebiscite. Because we have little other option, we are being urged to take part in the resistance. There are only two options available when going up against an adversary that employs energy sources and food production as weapons of war by destination. Either resistance via exertion or capitulation through cowardice. The market in Europe is huge and robust. It is appealing as a result of its customers, but it is also the continent where the democratic institutions are the most flawed. The rich but feeble! When it comes to blackmail, experience has shown that giving in only once is the same as agreeing to give in a thousand more times.
Because we cannot afford to squander a crisis, let us make the most of this one instead. It encourages us to face the problems of our energy sovereignty and our food production using reason. We need to have the same level of mistrust for our foreign foes as we do for the useful fools that they use, such as all of those who push us to disarm ourselves economically in order to give in to the whims of their ideological agenda.