jackmarxist [any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agoGuys sanctions will definitely work this time and not backfire on our faces like the last thirteen timeshexbear.netimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1126arrow-down10
arrow-up1126arrow-down1imageGuys sanctions will definitely work this time and not backfire on our faces like the last thirteen timeshexbear.netjackmarxist [any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squarebumpusoot [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·edit-23 months ago“Alright scamps, you got me, sanction package 14 was my red line. Go on I’ll surrender then” Why do I so often get the feeling that most sanctions on Russia are carefully chosen to benefit certain western oligarchs?
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMindlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-23 months agoBecause they are. I mean first few packages were likely aimed at both Russia and enriching west oligarchs, but after 13 didn’t worked against Russia, the reason they keep doing it simply must be the other aim.
minus-squareGrouchyGrouse [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoNational loyalties are for chumps and the stewards of international capital know it and act accordingly
“Alright scamps, you got me, sanction package 14 was my red line. Go on I’ll surrender then”
Why do I so often get the feeling that most sanctions on Russia are carefully chosen to benefit certain western oligarchs?
Because they are. I mean first few packages were likely aimed at both Russia and enriching west oligarchs, but after 13 didn’t worked against Russia, the reason they keep doing it simply must be the other aim.
National loyalties are for chumps and the stewards of international capital know it and act accordingly