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Re:The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War by MattGaiser on Saturday March 05, 2022 @01:40PM (#30570504)
> Sanctions as enacted here are not "I'm not talking to you", they're "I will punch anyone who keeps talking to you."

Hardly. We are’t going to bomb a country that goes against the sanctions. They will just also be sanctioned.

We are forcing people to pick a side to do business with, not punching them.

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Re:The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War by stormbrew on Saturday March 05, 2022 @01:46PM (#30570567)
> They will just also be sanctioned.

Yes, and because most countries in the world are smaller than the US or Russia, they will suffer because of it. Likely with people dying, either directly or indirectly. The smaller the country, the more sanctions hurt, the more it's like getting punched in the face.

Most countries in the world can't afford to be excluded from trade with the western bloc.

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