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Stop seeing countries as single coherent actors. The best thing to do is for as many governments as possible to stay out of as many people's affairs as possible
by jstanley 9y ago
Stop seeing countries as single coherent actors. The best thing to do is for as many governments as possible to stay out of as many people's affairs as possible.
Just because the Chinese government is stopping Alice from mapping Chinese roads doesn't mean your government should stop Bob from buying Chinese maps. Why should your government punish Bob just because the Chinese government punished Alice? Alice and Bob don't even know each other.
- gaius 9y agoLike it or not, countries do exist and are the framework on which commerce is built. Bob will need to shop elsewhere and Alice will need to confront her government over their policies costing her lost sales (if she is Chinese)