I can't get my head around it either, I don't think that we know enough of what's going on behind the scenes. I get the idea behind curbing capital going into Russia but since we in such an interconnected economy that we all get hurt by these things. For example, if Germany cuts off gas, energy prices skyrocket hurting their people and economy.

I thought we learned that you can't just turn economies on and off, as what happened with covid.

I totally agree it's probably a bait and switch, keep their eyes on the shiny stuff and pick their pockets and make them poorer. If you think prices for things and taxes to fund this will be reduced over time you can forget it, it goes up and stays up

I have this feeling that they know inflation was going to cause populous uprising so make an external enemy and go to war