[jackschultz]

https://archive.ph/uygcK

Edit for the good metaphors.

> It has entered what mountaineers call the death zone: the altitude above 8,000 metres at which the human body consumes itself faster than it can be repaired.

> Over the past four years the Russian economy has bifurcated into two distinct metabolic systems... The body is metabolising its own muscle tissue for energy.

> A recession is like fatigue: rest and you recover. Russia’s condition is like altitude sickness: the longer you stay, the worse it gets, regardless of rest.

> But Vladimir Putin is not only watching his own oxygen gauge. He is watching the other climbers.

Always a fan of the writing style the Economist promotes.

[wuschel]

I found the metaphors / analogons rather disturbing e.g. metabolism, etc. Does the human body have a Chinese assistent with an oxigen tent at 8000 metres?

[franktankbank]

No kidding. This is a world war already, with China and India on the side of Russia. Fuck them.

[tim333]

They are kind of neutral. China has announced it "will supply humanitarian energy assistance to Ukraine."