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> Some of the sanctions are definitely too much, as they will worsen the life of regular Russians and Europeans too much As a regular European: good. We are a
by qsort 5y ago
> Some of the sanctions are definitely too much, as they will worsen the life of regular Russians and Europeans too much
As a regular European: good.
We are at war, I'm more than willing to pay personal costs to inflict pain and casualties to Russia, even more so if those costs are "only" financial. I absolutely want my government to hurt us if that means hurting Russians even more.
- another_why 5y ago> We are at war, I'm more than willing to pay personal costs to inflict pain and casualties to Russia, even more so if those costs are "only" financial. I absolutely want my government to hurt us if that means hurting Russians even more. Tell that to people who live on minimum salary, maybe they will explain you something about "financial price"
- qsort 5y agoWhile I have some sympathy for those who are less lucky than me, in the long run playing the appeasement game will hurt them even more. Furthermore, government can take ad-hoc redistributive actions, such as increased or reworked taxation. Our government is already spending 46% of the GDP in random crap for far less noble reasons. OTOH I hate from the bottom of my heart the entire wave of pseudo-intellectuals and anti-western useful idiots who push the "two-sides" narrative. (Just to be clear because this is the internet -- I'm not implying anything about you specifically)
- another_why 5y ago> in the long run playing the appeasement game will hurt them even more. https://www.focus.de/finanzen/boerse/konjunktur/top-oekonom-im-interview-inflation-wenn-wir-russland-kein-gas-nehmen-drohen-zweistellige-raten_id_62846459.html https://www.focus.de/finanzen/boerse/konjunktur/top-oekonom-... What long run, i wonder