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> Iranian IPs are blocked here, due to your decision to arm Russia with drones so that they can indiscriminately massacre civilians. USA is lucky to be in posi
by elAhmo 1y ago
> Iranian IPs are blocked here, due to your decision to arm Russia with drones so that they can indiscriminately massacre civilians.
USA is lucky to be in position where others are too afraid to apply this reasoning to them, knowing they do literally the same with their closest ally.
- squigz 1y agoIt would be interesting to see someone try to use the Internet while blocking all American IPs
- phendrenad2 1y agoYou mean like the entire country of China?
- ronsor 1y agoChina has local bootlegs, err... alternatives. Most countries don't have that.
- int_19h 1y agoRussia also has such alternatives. Turns out that they aren't all that hard to develop once the original is unavailable, since lock-in is the main barrier to entry. In this sense, sanctions can sometimes have the opposite effect - by removing the established players from the market, they create opportunities for locals to fill the niches, making the country more self-sufficient in the long run, and thus harder to influence.