• Catfish [she/her]@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    Reminder that sanctions serve to attack innocent civilians and as a side-effect encourages the victims to build stronger domestic production.

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      1 year ago

      Reminder a country does not have criminal leaders without some support by the general population. While certainly the leaders are most guilty in these actions, the general population overall is not completely without fault. Economic hardship is not out of the question when you put a poor leader like Putin in power.

      Prior to the war and Russia attacking Ukraine, Russia was at zero risk from Ukraine. Ukraine wasn’t stealing their land, was not damaging their economy and had pretty much zero effect on anyone’s lives in Russia. Nor did Ukraine pose any future threat not were they making or sending terrorists abroad.