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Re:Iranians sell kidneys on Instagram to survive economic ha... by esafak on Friday July 14, 2023 @01:09PM (#36726777)
Do sanctions like this work? I imagine it would only serve to unite the people against the sanctioner.
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Re:Iranians sell kidneys on Instagram to survive economic ha... by KptMarchewa on Friday July 14, 2023 @01:13PM (#36726845)
They do. They make the enemy nation poorer, in contrast to economic cooperation that makes them stronger - which US just started to see in China.
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Re:Iranians sell kidneys on Instagram to survive economic ha... by RobotToaster on Friday July 14, 2023 @01:19PM (#36726959)
Given examples like Cuba and the DPRK, it certainly doesn't seem to work.
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Re:Iranians sell kidneys on Instagram to survive economic ha... by gre on Friday July 14, 2023 @01:23PM (#36727022)
Sanctions in general work very well and many people see them as war.

https://www.amazon.com/Sanctions-War-Anti-Imperialist-Perspe...

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Re:Iranians sell kidneys on Instagram to survive economic ha... by CamperBob2 on Friday July 14, 2023 @01:38PM (#36727285)
Without making me read a whole book to find the answer, what are some examples of cases where sanctions have worked?
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