I think that both West and East want the same thing, good business. Nobody wants to destroy the US. The US is still the strongest economy in the world. Things will be OK, but there's going to be an awfully lot pissed off people in the West especially regarding Ukraine. The European governments are clearly already panicking. There were no conspiracies in connection to Ukraine only partially informing the populations. The Western journalists got scared of loosing their jobs. With the inflation and the general state of malaise in the US and Canada, people care less. They're willing to speak the truth more.
That's alright, it's been a fucking clown-show for far too long. Oh and another little thing. Forget the living standards of the last 70 years.