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> Sanctions against Russia only harm ordinary Russians. That's by design. Sanctions put pressure to the country as a whole. Once people start getting angry the
by tcgv 3y ago
> Sanctions against Russia only harm ordinary Russians.
That's by design. Sanctions put pressure to the country as a whole. Once people start getting angry they will question their leadership and maybe demand for changes.
Sure, sanctions can also target specific individuals, like the russian elite, olygarchs, but that alone doesn't change the status quo.
- masijo 3y agoI propose starving people to death in countries we don't like. That way the people will surely revolt against their government and we can then go in and spread democracy :)
- lmm 3y agoWell isn't that how going to war works? You're not going to be shooting the political leaders, you're going to be shooting the poor chumps at the bottom. Economic sanctions are not great, but they're meant to be an alternative to war. When you really need a country to change course, anything you can do is going to involve hurting regular citizens there, it's just about finding the least bad option.
- csomar 3y ago> I propose starving people to death in countries we don't like. That way the people will surely revolt against their government and we can then go in and spread democracy :) That's what the US has always been doing.
- tcgv 3y agoI'm not saying that I agree with it and neither that it works though ;)
- notpushkin 3y agoThis doesn't work. People will starve to death but blame the West for it. Propaganda is way too strong.
- tcgv 3y agoIndeed. In many cases it backfires.
- FpUser 3y ago>"Once people start getting angry they will question their leadership and maybe demand for changes." Been a while since I've heard this kind of BS. The "design" does not work.
- tcgv 3y agoYeah, I agree with you. The design is broken and unfair. I see it as a loss-loss situation: Either nobody cares and autocracies get a free pass to do what they want in the global stage, or countries can react and restrain relations with governments based on some (sometimes subjective and biased, sure) criteria.