u/DefinitelyNotAPhone — DefinitelyNotAPhone [he/him]

While there is something understandable about partially wishing for it, I don't think anyone is going to lead a genocidal strategic bombing campaign against the United States to level every manmade structure taller than knee height before promptly having 95% of the planet embargo them for 75 years, so I doubt the US can emulate the DPRK's economic situation too well.

What's left to even sanction Russia with at this point? You can't threaten someone with something you already did 4 years ago.

The last time the US fought China it amounted to that as well. And that was back when the PRC was a bombed out rural husk with little to no industry.