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There is definitely an argument that boycotts is a blunt tool and have to be applied sparingly and with great care. But in the scope of this conflict, and as a
by einarfd 5y ago
There is definitely an argument that boycotts is a blunt tool and have to be applied sparingly and with great care.
But in the scope of this conflict, and as an European living in a country that borders Russia, I'm all for it.
What is happening in Ukraine is horrific and it is happening because in the mind of the Russian leadership the country had aligned it self to close to the west. So they are in a sense attacked because they are to much like us.
There is also the question about what happens next if Putin succeeds in Ukraine, where is next on the path to rebuild the Russian empire? Georgia and Moldovia are candidates, in addition both the Baltics and Finland used to be part of the Russian empire, then there are all of the old Warsaw pact countries as well.
How can they and the rest of Europe ever be safe without a regime change or huge degradation of Russian military capabilities?
One of the ways to accomplish this to thrash the Russian economy, while that is horrible to all the Russian that do not support the war, the alternative seems worse. Not that Redhat pulling out of Russia is going to have much of an impact on the Russian economy. But everyone's contributions helps a bit.