There is a crisis, but it is hardly "existential", yet. Self inflicted? How so? Because nobody could predict the future?
My "seriously" comment was a reaction to a post of what basically is a meme in a rather serious discussion.
As far the "German" crisis goes, isn't it rather a European, and one could make the case, global energy crisis? Compounded by a global economy heading for a recession (the US are already in one based on two quarters with negative GDP growth) caused by too much cheap money and staggering inflation due to supply short falls caused by Covid?
But yeah, if Germany would have bought US gas instead of Russian one all would be good... By the way, Nord Stream 2 never went live over this. Before any of the current mess happened. You want to blame someone, blame Putin to do something the USSR was too smart to do during the cold war.
>My "seriously" comment was a reaction to a post of what basically is a meme in a rather serious discussion.
That you've seen the video elsewhere neither makes it a "meme", nor allows you to dismiss it as merely such. (I'm just amazed that you didn't pull the "Even a broken clock is right twice a day"/"Trump said everything about anything so was bound to get something right"/"Trump also said uncomplimentary things about NATO so should have been arrested as a traitor" canards. And yes, I've seen all three responses, almost word for word, when I in the past pointed to the Trump video.)
>As far the "German" crisis goes, isn't it rather a European, and one could make the case, global energy crisis?
This is a global crisis in large part because of Germany. Germany is the large European economy most dependent on Russian energy. Even setting aside how the German economy drives the bulk of Europe's economy, thanks to the European energy market increased prices in Germany increases prices on the rest of the continent. The UK is mostly self-sufficient in terms of gas, but prices there have risen too because producers understandably prefer selling to those on the continent willing to pay much more.
The US is also self-sufficient, but prices here have risen (not as much, but some) for similar reasons. The non-developed world is going to be hit the hardest.
My "seriously" comment was a reaction to a post of what basically is a meme in a rather serious discussion.
As far the "German" crisis goes, isn't it rather a European, and one could make the case, global energy crisis? Compounded by a global economy heading for a recession (the US are already in one based on two quarters with negative GDP growth) caused by too much cheap money and staggering inflation due to supply short falls caused by Covid?
But yeah, if Germany would have bought US gas instead of Russian one all would be good... By the way, Nord Stream 2 never went live over this. Before any of the current mess happened. You want to blame someone, blame Putin to do something the USSR was too smart to do during the cold war.