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EU have the highest tech in the world despite it's big push toward finance, but lack natural resources and space, Russia do have an industrial system ready enough to benefit from EU tech and natural resources + space so yes, not only in purely economical terms but in practical terms such partnership is absolutely natural and with mutual benefit: Germany know that well, but since WWII they lost their sovereignty to the USA so they have had no choice, that's what happen. No special "risk". Regarding tech while Russia is not Soviet Union it's still have much of military research and for the little we know is already more effective than the USA since it's development is state-led, not private companies led like most of things in USA. So even if far behind for various aspects is far forward than China in tech terms and China have one of the most developed industrial system to mass produce almost anything. In moral and cultural aspect we EU Citizens have issues comprehending USA values and duplicity while have had even LESS issues with the Soviet. Morality is always a characteristic of the people to avoid social drifts, not much a government thing but in social terms we are more near Russian population than USA or UK ones, we are far more social than competing, just as an example. Essentially "Russian threat" is no threat for us EU citizens, it's at maximum a threat for the eastern Europe area where they switch from a Russian-led dictatorship to others planted by USA/UK after the cold war and even today many are nostalgic of the Soviet because they are less oppressive that current formal, not substantial, Democracies, just as a fresh example https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1619050/post-social... if you came from US/UK you probably simply never heard of but most nazi-alike and religious extremist that infest the east Europe are made by US/UK to counter the Soviet, do to so they start at the WWII time recycling original nazi and fascist, often letting them do their revenge business against their citizens, for instance while not formally Aldo Moro killing was a USA-made killing to stop Democrazia Cristiana party to reach an agreement with Partito Comunista Italiano, just to cite one. Criminal militia like Gladio where founded by USA and UK government, the same government that have founded nazi and fascist even after the start of WWII. Historical "Operation Unthinkable" and "Operation Dropshot" are other examples of criminal intent against us for the sake of UK and USA, the Soviet or the Russian never do something like that. Consider that USA and UK government are FAR different from their own people and they are not much more Democratic than China or Russian dictatorship, just smarter, they appear less deadly on their own Citizens than them, they master propaganda very well, but at heart they are the same. For them Citizens are not Citizens but sheep to be kept in like "for their own sake" and of course for the shepherd interests. UE government in that sense are far more moderate and more often than not just puppet regimes. The level of detachments between People and who really command is abysmal these days. |