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Most of Europe will be in a state of open rebellion in a few months when there is no more energy to heat their homes and no more food to feed their family. This is due to the failure of European leaders to create policies of energy independence. Protests have already begun all over the continent. Finland’s nuclear reactor is too little to late to save Europe from total war.

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Europe will be fine over the winter, it'll just be expensive (European countries have been working together to move heaven and earth to make sure they do have enough fuel, it's quite an impressive achievement). Most of the complaints are about who's going to pay for it, considering a good chunk of the population cannot easily make that much room in their budget if the costs are passed on directly, as opposed to being taken up by the government.

> Protests have already begun all over the continent

Have they, though?

> total war

Only Ukraine is in a state of war.

I'd like to quote Zelensky because he hits the sentiment of most of Europe brilliantly:

"Without gas or without you? Without you. Without light or without you? Without you. Without water or without you? Without you. Without food or without you? Without you.”

“Cold, hunger, darkness and thirst are not as scary and deadly for us as your ‘friendship and brotherhood,' But history will put everything in its place. And we will be with gas, light, water and food and WITHOUT you!”

Is Zelensky saying it would be better for Western Europe to freeze to death than have Ukraine taken over by Russia?

He's talking about Ukraine. I'm thinking that Western Europe can and should follow his great example.

I live in Finland. Nobody's freezing to death here next winter, and most of Europe is in warmer zones than we are.

We're fine. Russia is fucked if they keep following this insane path their dictators have put them on.

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