Frankly. I am surprised that you as an economist would not have flagged the "follow the money to understand the west's impotent-by-design response to Putin's aggression". And what about the cruel insanity of harming one's own countrymen? BTW, I refuse to watch any of this obscene crime against humanity. In 2022, with things in the USA so far gone, have i no choice but to conclude the generational wealth you survive on to date prevents you from telling "the whole truth" and "nothing but the truth" even when that might help the professionals predict when Putin will ask to use his nuclear codes?