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We're cancelling Russia. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/06/opinion/putin-ukraine-china.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/06/opinion/putin-ukraine-chi... F
by mvc 5y ago
We're cancelling Russia.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/06/opinion/putin-ukraine-china.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/06/opinion/putin-ukraine-chi...
Friedman is right that this is economic war. Which I think most people will agree is preferable to nuclear war. But the principle is the same. What democratic countries are attempting to do just now is demonstrate an economic force so great that the enemy sees they cannot win.
These companies are doing it because of the strength of feeling of their customers, employees, and owners. There were dockers in the UK who collectively refused to unload Russian oil off a tanker. Didn't matter that the govt hadn't banned it yet.
People are making lists but they're of the companies that continue to do business with Russia. And they don't seem to spend a lot of time on the list before caving into the demands.