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Punching a Nazi seemed like a nice policy. It was a popular meme of 2017 [1] . Of course, then the definition of Nazi was widened to include many people who whe
by londgine 5y ago
Punching a Nazi seemed like a nice policy. It was a popular meme of 2017 [1] . Of course, then the definition of Nazi was widened to include many people who where unliked (on the periphery of polite society) such as Jewish conservative commentators [2] and even Ukraine with a Jewish president [3] . If it was clear that the only time neutral banks will deplatform you was if they "ever invade another sovereign country completely unprovoked with the goal of annexing them" then that may be fine. However, if the principle is to be neutral until someone does whatever polite society has deemed unacceptable, it is riskier for those countries to use.
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2017/01/23/a-step-by-step-guide-to-a-meme-about-punching-a-nazi-in-the-face/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2017/01...
[2] https://www.thewrap.com/vox-media-co-founder-ben-shapiro-is-the-jew-who-helps-other-jews-onto-the-train/ https://www.thewrap.com/vox-media-co-founder-ben-shapiro-is-...
[3] https://www.npr.org/2022/03/01/1083677765/putin-denazify-ukraine-russia-history https://www.npr.org/2022/03/01/1083677765/putin-denazify-ukr...
- RestlessMind 5y ago> Of course, then the definition of Nazi was widened to include many people who where unliked > However, if the principle is to be neutral until someone does whatever polite society has deemed unacceptable Why talk in hypotheticals? We have SWIFT for almost 50 years now and Bretton Woods system since late 40's. That is a long enough time to judge their track record. How many countries were banned because their behavior was deemed unacceptable? Wikipedia says only Iran and now Russia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWIFT#Use_in_sanctions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWIFT#Use_in_sanctions