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>Ive seen in HN itself that some Russians complain that the sanctions are inconveniencing them even though they have "nothing to do" with the war. >Good. That'
by ashwagary 5y ago
>Ive seen in HN itself that some Russians complain that the sanctions are inconveniencing them even though they have "nothing to do" with the war.
>Good. That's the point.
You think it's good that roughly 1 million children in Iraq died due to US sanctions too?
In my opinion, thinking collective punishment is valid is a sign of moral bankruptcy.
- smt88 5y agoThis is nothing at all like Iraq. - A million Russian children are not going to die. Not even 1,000 will. - Putin, unlike Hussein, has thousands of nuclear weapons. - Russia, unlike Iraq, invaded a sovereign, democratic country in order to subjugate it under a violent dictator. > In my opinion, thinking collective punishment is valid is a sign of moral bankruptcy. Economic punishment for Russians is better than death for Ukrainians. Those are the options. If Putin were unchecked in his conquest of Ukraine, he would take other countries and kill thousands more people. You say you think collective punishment is morally bankrupt without saying what a more moral alternative is to stop Putin (or perhaps you think tens of thousands of Ukrainians should be left to die instead?)
- ashwagary 5y agoMost of what you said is irrelevant and deflects from the core point. This scenario is why SWIFT's % of total international transactions has been declining for years. Sanction powers will be removed from western countries shortly by routing around them. A large % of our economy is financial services, the market will inevitably crash when alternate routes are chosen.