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I'm no fan of Putin or the Russian government's war, but I originally moved to Namecheap from GoDaddy over GoDaddy's support for SOPA. I want my registrar to be

by cheald 5y ago

I'm no fan of Putin or the Russian government's war, but I originally moved to Namecheap from GoDaddy over GoDaddy's support for SOPA. I want my registrar to be a registrar, not a political entity. Looks like I'll be looking for a new registrar to do business with going forward. The Russian government are the bad guys here - people who happen to be in Russia are not. I'm not gonna do business with a company that gutpunches uninvolved individuals for political points.

dragonwriter 5y ago
> I want my registrar to be a registrar, not a political entity. Corporations are creation of states through law, and thereby inherently political entities; further, they are mechanisms of the sponsoring stakeholders —ultimately, even if indirectly, flesh and blood human beings (stockholders in the typical capitalist business enterprise) to pursue their interests, which may usually be predominantly profit for business entities, but are rarely exclusively that, when the chips are down.
thrwyoilarticle 5y ago
The Russian government does not exist in a bubble, it can only function with the functioning of the Russian economy. Russian individuals are gutpunched by every sanction, the families of Russian soldiers by every death. If you don't want consequences for your citizens, don't go to war to enact consequences on other countries' citizens. > for political points. I do not think you understand the true motivation
- approxim8ion 5y ago
  > If you don't want consequences for your citizens, don't go to war to enact consequences on other countries' citizens. This kind of reasoning is derived from a representative democracy where the citizens elect a government to look after their best interests. Consequently, the government's ability to stay in power depends on public consensus and approval. By most indications, Russia seems to be ... not that.
  - thrwyoilarticle 5y ago
    Can we stop painting Russia as a nation of poor proles being subjugated by a disparate government? On the whole, Russian people are very much in favour of their leader & largely ignored the erosion of protections like term limits for the short term that it benefited them. To turn around once the consequences are on their shoulders and say that this was unforeseeable is nonsense. If you want a nation that is subjugated by Russia's government & experiences the consequences, there is a much better option.
    - approxim8ion 5y ago
      Setting fires under people in the hopes that they rise against their government that would not have much trouble quashing such an uprising doesn't make much sense beyond fulfilling power fantasies some people get off on. Sanctions are really good at starving a populace, but not particularly good at achieving a change in power structure.
    - goldsteinq 5y ago
      Russian government systematically shuts down free press, murders or imprisons leaders of oppositions and rigs elections. The last elections to the Russian parlament were obviously rigged, and yet international community recognized them as valid. Russian opposition is fighting an uphill war with government for literally decades without any help from the other countries. Hundreds to thousdands of people are detained every day for protesting against the war. Yes, support ratings for Putin are quite high — because there’s no free media and everyone trying to spread truth is promptly dealt with. Nobody cared when Russia ignored the decision of ECHR to free Navalny. Nobody cared when Nemtsov was murdered. This situation is not new, it’s the result of the decades-long policy of “let Putin get away with any crimes against his country and international law as long as we get oil and gas”.

by cheald 5y ago

dragonwriter 5y ago

> I want my registrar to be a registrar, not a political entity. Corporations are creation of states through law, and thereby inherently political entities; further, they are mechanisms of the sponsoring stakeholders —ultimately, even if indirectly, flesh and blood human beings (stockholders in the typical capitalist business enterprise) to pursue their interests, which may usually be predominantly profit for business entities, but are rarely exclusively that, when the chips are down.

thrwyoilarticle 5y ago

The Russian government does not exist in a bubble, it can only function with the functioning of the Russian economy. Russian individuals are gutpunched by every sanction, the families of Russian soldiers by every death. If you don't want consequences for your citizens, don't go to war to enact consequences on other countries' citizens. > for political points. I do not think you understand the true motivation

approxim8ion 5y ago
> If you don't want consequences for your citizens, don't go to war to enact consequences on other countries' citizens. This kind of reasoning is derived from a representative democracy where the citizens elect a government to look after their best interests. Consequently, the government's ability to stay in power depends on public consensus and approval. By most indications, Russia seems to be ... not that.
- thrwyoilarticle 5y ago
  Can we stop painting Russia as a nation of poor proles being subjugated by a disparate government? On the whole, Russian people are very much in favour of their leader & largely ignored the erosion of protections like term limits for the short term that it benefited them. To turn around once the consequences are on their shoulders and say that this was unforeseeable is nonsense. If you want a nation that is subjugated by Russia's government & experiences the consequences, there is a much better option.
  - approxim8ion 5y ago
    Setting fires under people in the hopes that they rise against their government that would not have much trouble quashing such an uprising doesn't make much sense beyond fulfilling power fantasies some people get off on. Sanctions are really good at starving a populace, but not particularly good at achieving a change in power structure.
  - goldsteinq 5y ago
    Russian government systematically shuts down free press, murders or imprisons leaders of oppositions and rigs elections. The last elections to the Russian parlament were obviously rigged, and yet international community recognized them as valid. Russian opposition is fighting an uphill war with government for literally decades without any help from the other countries. Hundreds to thousdands of people are detained every day for protesting against the war. Yes, support ratings for Putin are quite high — because there’s no free media and everyone trying to spread truth is promptly dealt with. Nobody cared when Russia ignored the decision of ECHR to free Navalny. Nobody cared when Nemtsov was murdered. This situation is not new, it’s the result of the decades-long policy of “let Putin get away with any crimes against his country and international law as long as we get oil and gas”.