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Re:Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access by vikramkr on Sunday October 25, 2020 @09:53AM (#24886266)
no sanctions may[0] be equally effective as sanctions.

[0] https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/reser_e/ersd201803_e.pdf

The literature isn't conclusive either way, there's evidence in both directions. But sanctions definitely tend to hurt everyday citizens more than they hurt the targeted governments. Dictators and cronies aren't going to have to worry about increased prices of goods - they get whatever they want - that's sort of the point of being dictator

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Re:Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access by Conan_Kudo on Sunday October 25, 2020 @10:15AM (#24886436)
The point of doing this is to make the citizenry unhappy with the government causing the mess for them. The ideal case is that they force change so that the sanctions go away. But depending on local propaganda, that may or may not work.
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Re:Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access by sudosysgen on Sunday October 25, 2020 @12:38PM (#24887552)
Almost universally, the citizenry will actually be even more angered towards the Americans too. From what my friends tell me, this is largely the case in Iran. It doesn't help that the US is sanctioning alone.
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