As the situation in Russia and Ukraine continues to escalate, many industrial capitalists in European and American countries feel the sign of "the crisis is coming" and withdraw their factories invested and built in Europe, instead cooperating with China, the United States, India and other countries. Among them, there is an American industrial capitalist's statement that Russia and the United States attach more importance to it.
On October 3, Musk, founder of Tesla , said on international social media that since Russia's population is more than three times that of Ukraine, it is "unlikely" to win the final victory in a total war. Therefore, for the Ukrainian government, if they really care about the Ukrainian people, they should seek peace with Russia.
So, what specific suggestions are there to be feasible for peace between Russia and Ukraine? Musk listed 4 suggestions in this regard. Point 1: Under the basis of UN supervision, Zelensky's "occupied areas" believed by him will be re-entered; Point 2: Ukraine needs to admit that Crimea has officially become part of Russia;
Point 3: The water supply of local people in Crimea must be guaranteed; Point 3: Ukraine remains neutral in post-war diplomacy and should not be biased towards either side.
In fact, Musk's suggestion is likely to be to stabilize the situation in Russia and Ukraine, Europe can avoid deindustrialization of . At the same time, while Ukraine remains neutral, Ukraine can also avoid angering Russia, leading to the resurgence of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. However, Zelensky was not grateful for Musk's suggestions and even expressed his own opinions on this.
After Musk made these suggestions, Zelensky asked on the international social media platform "Which Musk do you prefer?" and then there are two options below, namely, support Ukraine and support Russia. According to the voting results, many netizens believe that Musk is quite suspicious of favoring Russia.
However, compared with other Ukrainian officials, Zelensky's attitude is already considered "friendly". After learning about Musk's remarks, Ukrainian diplomat Andre Melnik directly stated on the international social media platform that in this Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Musk should "get out" and stay out of it.
In addition to Melnik, some Ukrainian officials and their people criticized Musk's remarks through online channels. It can be seen that at least in a short period of time, the Ukrainian government's attitude towards Tesla will become quite unfriendly. However, in the long run, Tesla is an American company after all, and Ukraine is unlikely to hate Musk for so long.
However, although Ukraine's attitude towards Musk is not very good, the Russian government supports Musk's suggestions. According to the domestic media " Global Network ", on October 4, Russian President's press secretary and Kremlin spokesman Peskov praised Musk's suggestions on ending the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
Peskov believes that people like Musk (as American entrepreneurs) are seeking a peaceful means to get rid of this situation, which is a very positive statement. Afterwards, Vice Chairman of the Russian Federation Security Conference Medvedev also expressed "Salute to Musk"! In this way, Musk's relationship with Russia has improved one step further.
Unfortunately, Russia is now being sanctioned by European and American countries. Musk cannot invest in Russia. Perhaps the situation will be stable in the future and after the US-Russia relations are restored, Musk can take this opportunity to develop friendly relations with Russia in order to gain more benefits in energy and other aspects. More importantly, Russia also needs long-term cooperation among industrial capitalists like this.
After all, there are very few forces that directly make profits in this Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Although Russia has acquired territory in the eastern Ukraine region on the surface, in the long run, the cost of economic sanctions and military confrontation that Russia has suffered is difficult to compensate with the existing local territorial victory. Similarly, Ukraine suffered a devastating economic blow due to this conflict.
Interestingly, although the losses suffered by EU countries are smaller than those suffered by Russia and Ukraine in the short term, in the long run, the decline of Europe has been decided. After the Nord Stream pipeline was bombed, the price of European natural gas further rose. More importantly, a large number of European companies were forced to move away from China, the United States, India and other countries, which means that Europe will experience "de-industrialization" in the future.
Once Europe is fully deindustrialized, the military and economic strength of Germany, France and other countries will depend on the development of financial economy . In other words, the future and destiny of most Europeans are firmly grasped by the US dollar financial hegemony.
Once the US economy is severely recession and the Biden administration plans to sweep the economies of other countries through interest rate hikes and other means, then EU countries will let the United States suck blood and cannot resist. At least before the decline of US hegemony, France, Germany and other countries will have no chance to make a comeback. At that time, do not talk about "national rise" without talking about "national rise", and it may be difficult to even curb price increases.
In such a chaotic situation, the rise of European far-right forces and extreme left wing forces is likely to sweep Europe again. At least in the first half of the 20th century, we have seen countless historical lessons.
So Musk's statement is indeed a move to "stop the cliff". Unfortunately, the US government certainly does not want the war to end so soon. After all, the biggest beneficiary of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is the United States. Whether it is reselling natural gas at a high price, maintaining its financial hegemony, or absorbing European capital, the United States has indeed made a fortune this time.
However, in the context of a global economic recession, can the United States still protect their hegemony? In this regard, Russia may have more means of resistance, and the wheels of history will turn even more bumpy.
