oh i certainly didn't mean to imply they were imperial periphery. one look at the european people and their spectacular white supremacy would make that sound pretty silly. i guess it just seems kinda like their need for energy would vastly outweigh whatever they're trying to do with russia if the us didn't have their thumbs on the scale. at the very least i'm not sure why else they wouldn't invest in nuclear or renewables or something before they started with the ukraine shit. with the us i know the oil companies have backed a lot of anti-nuclear protests. but in europe they're dependent on amerikkkan petroleum, so what else could be pushing them to stay that way?