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Everyone in Russia is going to be hurting from this. Most of them don't really deserve it, but you can't bring an entire economy to its knees without harming ev
by brimble 5y ago
Everyone in Russia is going to be hurting from this. Most of them don't really deserve it, but you can't bring an entire economy to its knees without harming everyone.
It'd be kinda weird to single out chess masters to save from the pain, while a grandma on a fixed income is facing shortages and watching her already-meager buying power drop by the day, the low-level staff at various businesses are put on half-time or cut altogether and they'll be skipping meals to make rent, et c.
- adenozine 5y agoI didn’t single them out; I highlighted this instance in my reply. I agree with you, and i sympathize for all working folk, everywhere, always, and forever. I was only meaning to point out that people who play chess for a living are technically working folk too, that’s all. The people of Russia must seize their nation back somehow, whether by means of diplomacy or other means, if necessary.
- brimble 5y ago> I didn’t single them out; I highlighted this instance in my reply. Sorry, you're right. My reading wasn't as good as it could have been.