Re:Binance's books are a black box, filings show, as it trie...
by vkou on Monday December 19, 2022 @04:30PM
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> So the Russian and Iranian people who are not at fault for their governments misgivings are supposed to be shut out of the global financial system too?
... Yes. Just like how the former are currently being conscripted to fight their relatives in a stupid war, started by their government.
Life isn't fair, and people generally suffer when they allow bad governance to ruin their country. Ultimately, any government, even a repressive one can only function when the people it governs believe it to be legitimate. I hear that this sort of thing is being protested in Iran[1] these days.
[1] The thing they are protesting has little to do with the cause of the sanctions, though, but that's another story.
... Yes. Just like how the former are currently being conscripted to fight their relatives in a stupid war, started by their government.
Life isn't fair, and people generally suffer when they allow bad governance to ruin their country. Ultimately, any government, even a repressive one can only function when the people it governs believe it to be legitimate. I hear that this sort of thing is being protested in Iran[1] these days.
[1] The thing they are protesting has little to do with the cause of the sanctions, though, but that's another story.