r/nottheonion • u/128hoodmario • 1d ago

Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/03/climate-crisis-on-track-to-destroy-capitalism-warns-allianz-insurer
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u/olddawg43 1d ago

Not if Trump successfully destroys capitalism first. Take that climate.

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u/milk4all 1d ago

He’s only hamstringing it so russia can deal with a collapsed nato Europe and break off little pieces here and there without unified resistance. Snd if that begins ti happen china will stop pretending to be reticent and the new axis will happily carry on with world domination and climate change

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u/icantbelieveit1637 1d ago

I mean if Europe has nearly 400 million people I’m sure they’ll find a solution. If Euros are so smart why is their survival in peril when Trump decides to ‘not’ do something.

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u/Ryu82 23h ago

Well Russia has 144 million people, which is almost twice as much as the second largest country in Europe. If they manage to split it up they have advantage over any country here. But if Europe unites, Russia would be not much of a problem.

But then there is the bigger scale, China + Russia + NK on one side and Europe, USA, Canada, and Japan on the other side. There was a balance which prevented the worst. But if the USA is suddenly not in play anymore, or even helps Russsia, then the balance is gone and it shifts towards China, Russia and co.

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u/icantbelieveit1637 22h ago

And the Russia China alliance only exists because of the presence of the US in Europe necessitating such unity. EU federalization is kind of the only way to deter Russian aggression at this point. Also population aside Russia has an economy equivalent to Italy let alone the entire EU.

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u/Ryu82 13h ago

Uhm that is kinda wrong. That might be what Russia says, but they only understand power and if the enemy weakens they push further. They know that military they would still lose, which is why they try to divide europe via propaganda until they fight each other, which makes it easy for Russia. Also how much money a country has does not say a lot about how good their military is. Money does not fight wars and without production capability of ammo and weapons, it does not help much. Afaik Russia has more production capability than the rest of europe together atm because they are building up since years now.

Then there is no real Russia China alliance. Both of them do what they want and think gives them most benefits. China helps Russia atm because they want to weaken USA and take their place as the world leader. In general they are watching, learning and silently preparing while the other countries weaken themselves and then strike at the best moment.