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Sanctions on Iran definitely caused a lot of pressure. I don't think these are comparable though. They're all unique circumstances and the people in power have
by purple_ferret 5y ago
Sanctions on Iran definitely caused a lot of pressure.
I don't think these are comparable though. They're all unique circumstances and the people in power have varying capabilities of suppression and motivations.
Remember, at one point recently Iran turned the lights off on an entire city and gunned down hundreds of protestors[0]
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Iranian_protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Iranian_prot...
- throwawaylinux 5y agoThis seems to be pretty handwavy, they definitely did something and the situations are different. Sure, I'd like to know what they did and how the situations are different. Are you saying sanctions in Iran actually did work contrary to "common wisdom"? And that they may not work in Russia because the situations are different, or what? > Remember, at one point recently Iran turned the lights off on an entire city and gunned down hundreds of protestors[0] This wasn't supposed to be an example of how the ruling class was hurt by the sanctions, surely. Not sure what the relevance is.