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[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago (4 children)

It becomes funnier and funnier to me as the US continually goes SANCTIONS! while completely forgetting that there are many other countries the sanctioned countries can trade with. It disrupts things for a bit, they find new trade partners, and the world moves on. The only way the US could sanction Russia would be by forming a blockade but even then good luck, you'd have to blockade China too.

[–] petirrojohood@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’s just what they have to do in this version of Cold War 2.0. Sanctions are an inevitable move and send more of a message than being effective.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Thing is that this only works when you sanction a few isolated countries. Once you reach a critical mass, then it's just an alternate global economy. And that's precisely what we're seeing now happening with BRICS.

[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

in the case of China it forced them to make their own microchips which removes one major advantage the US held over them

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago

I would even go as far as to say this was the only major remaining tech advantage the west had. China's been outpacing the west in most areas of science and technology for a few years now. Chips were the one big piece of the puzzle and now China can make their own.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think we may be at a point where there are more countries under US sanctions than not. 😂

[–] Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

While I don't think we have quite reached that point yet, I do know that the vast majority of all world sanctions are imposed by the United States. It is close to 100% if you include sanctions imposed at the request of the United States.

Currently large swaths of Asia and Africa and a smattering in the Americas. A lot of those are against individuals rather than the country broadly, but it often has the same effect.

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[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 years ago

US leaders are too old to think of something new fortunely.

[–] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago

there are many other countries the sanctioned countries can trade with

Can't say for others, but the narrative regarding Russia (from Russian libs) was usually this:

  • all those countries (USA, EU) can get things they get from us elsewhere no problem

  • other countries can't offer us as much as we get from USA/EU

  • Russia doesn't produce much useful anyway, just oil and gas

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Interesting how in western media i see that market strike scene EVERYWHERE to ilustrate that war but never once i seen one of the hundreds of scenes of bombed Donetsk.

[–] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think they've actually used photos from Donetsk (when AFU attacked it with Tochka missiles). Aaaand then claimed Russia did it

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah i remember.

[–] knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 2 years ago

Cause that's Russian propaganda sweaty /s

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Remember when Bellingcat predicted a few days after the invasion began that Russia would run out of shells within a month?

Lol.

Lmao.

[–] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago

Well they're claiming Russia is now buying shells from DPRK and thus absolve themselves of any lie

[–] SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wait, I thought Russia was screwed for the winter.

[–] COMHASH@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 2 years ago

That's what my clownish downvoters think...

[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 years ago

nah they got their shovels

[–] KlargDeThaym@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago

I bloody hope so. I can't take it here anymore.

[–] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Unfortunately his enablers and handlers are alive and well, and likely will continue to be so. Think about it, when was the last time you've heard from Poroshenko? Yatsenyuk? At least Kolomoysky got locked up, although I expect him to "mysteriously disappear" from prison, as such types do