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No, because the goal with sanctions is explicitly to cause this kind of economic damage by denying capital to the country under sanctions. It would be bad if w
by throwaway09223 4y ago
No, because the goal with sanctions is explicitly to cause this kind of economic damage by denying capital to the country under sanctions.
It would be bad if we did this to ourselves. We do it to our enemies to hurt them.
- tsol 4y agoWe want to damage ourselves by sanctioning others? You said that taking others wealth makes people lose trust in you and therefore hurts yourself. So I don't see why we would do that on purpose.
- throwaway09223 4y agoI think you're confusing me with someone else. I didn't say anything about trust. But, I suspect the other guy was referring to trusting in economic stability. I don't think there's any reason why sanctions against bad actors like Russia might undermine trust in American investments.