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People are dying in Yemen every single day, and the world doesn't exclude Saudi Arabia from everything. The double standard happens right now even.

• BlueTemplar 5y ago
  Once the war in Ukraine is over, maybe there's an opportunity here to focus a boycott on them ?
  • the_af 5y ago
    But can you bet on what will actually happen though? Because I can. Western democracies are pretty selective on which dictatorships and failing democracies they decide to pay attention to.
  • rizky2410 5y ago
    I wouldn't count on that.
  • ummonk 5y ago
    The war in Yemen started first. Why should we be focused on Ukraine when the war in Yemen isn’t over?
    • BlueTemplar 5y ago
      We probably shouldn't, but we already are.
  • ellopoppit 5y ago
    "Yeah I know there's other war stuff happening all over the place, but maybe if they wanted people to care, they should get better at going viral!" https://youtu.be/6-LRS9A-rW4 https://youtu.be/6-LRS9A-rW4
    • BlueTemplar 5y ago
      Yeah, there are certainly a potential issues there, but I'm coming at this from the recent feelings of shame from realizing that what I'm feeling now about my friends and family in Ukraine - while I didn't do anything except speaking out against it when (for instance) the war in Libya broke out - so what moral standing do I have now in asking even those Russians that do NOT have friends and family in Ukraine to potentially wreck their own lives to stop this war ? Hence (I hope) I'll act more about these issues in the future, and hopefully I'm not the only one.