This is the rationale behind both the allies' and axis' campaign of terror bombings against each other throughout the war. The whole idea really is to spread mass suffering among the enemy population, to either demoralize them or straight up kill as many civilians as possible.
Sanctions is just liberal terror bombing. Mass starvation and social collapse to break the enemy's (working class) will is the whole idea.
It's also Bin ladens argument for 9/11, so it's good to see bipartisanship in action.
Just like terror bombings, sanctions also don't work as far as instigating regime change/civilian uprisings/hurting morale.
Ah yes, give people an ultimatum and threats. I'm sure people will cooperate when you threaten them and their families.
Sanctions are famously successful, like how we now have an ultra-capitalist utopia in Vuvuzela, or like how Iraq overthrew Saddam and instated the greatest democracy the world has ever known, or how Iranians' response to sanctions was 'you know, those Western imperialists and colonialists are alright', or how North Korea became the second greatest democracy in the world.
Oh yeah sanctions have a proven track record of success, can't imagine why anyone would think otherwise.
MEANWHILE IN THE REAL WORLD.....
I agree, DPRK isn't the second greatest democracy in the world, it's the first
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People famously make their most reasonable decisions when they’re homeless and starving
It was real. I'd seen it. I'd seen it in reality.
The mask of humanity fall from capital. It has to take it off to kill everyone .
It has to take it off, just for one second. To do the deed.
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Neo liberals in government know it doesn't work. The purpose is for all the rich people to buy a bunch of domestic stocks so that when say, Russian oil is banned they'll make a killing in domestic oil. It's second purpose is to decouple our economies so we can invade them without long term harm to ourselves
Gas is almost $5/gallon by me, I’d say we’re already there. And the US isn’t even allowed to export oil.
The ban on US exports of oil was lifted in 2015. In 2021 the US was the largest producer of oil in the world and a net exporter of both refined petroleum products and crude. The US is about 91% energy independent. This overnight 60% increase in gas prices is pure price gouging based on a fiction.
You wrote your comment on an internet connected device, I assume you know how to use a search engine. The fact that the US became a net exporter of oil in 2020 is pretty common knowledge so your assertion that the US isn't allowed to export oil is downright farcical.
More words typed in that negative response than just googling an article and copying the link and pasting it here as a response. Still more words than my response just now.
Oh shit I didn’t realize! Am I thinking natural gas or was that lifted too?
These people have lived through the same last 20 years I have and at no point picked up on the stuff America does abroad.
Similarly, that means 9-11 was totally justified since Bush had favorables in the 50s (making that number up but the argument is still valid).
Russia already had mass unemployment and poverty in 90s, when it was very friendly to West.
it had those things because of how friendly to the west it was
this is the exact justification Bin Laden used for 9/11. Honestly America creates Putin and Bin Laden and wonders where they learned to think like this
Not really the way I'd like that to go, much as I want to see the Hammer and Sickle fly again.
basically is the reason the soviet union and communist china sprung up, economic blockade by foreign powers
and thats really the ultimate conundrum for communists. at what point is it too much, at what point are you willing to risk the lives of your family, friends, or if theyre already dead due to imperialism, yourself, to make life better?
ultimately this question just ends up answering itself. around the time the average life expectancy is 30, historically speaking
an embargo against China would probably work the other way around than this one
Help people.
If you want people on your side, help them.
All humans are only simple-brained monkeys, it isn't actually that hard.
the Puritans were better than this they believed that you had a moral obligation to feed the hungry Liberals just want to kill
"Let's cut them off from every benefit of globalism so that become more supportive of globalism" - Big Brain™.
Ironically the conclusion to draw from this is that globalisiation makes you vulnerable to this
