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[–] 16 points 7 months ago (5 children)

It is a reflection of the lack of integrity in the political systems of other countries that no sanctions have been imposed on the US in response to its brutal actions in Iran - this war is just as much a war of aggression in violation of international law as the one Russia is waging against Ukraine.

I don’t think that it’s a lack of integrity that’s resulted in sanctions not being applied against the US. We just wouldn’t be able to weather the financial consequences of sanctioning them.

Integrity is lacking but I don’t think that a government with 100% integrity would be able to afford to sanction the US.

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  • [–] 13 points 7 months ago

    +1
    While instant sanctions haven't been put in place there is a lot of 'decoupling' going on.
    While this doesn't have the same shock value, the long term effects are there.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    My half baked plan is that half a dozen like minded "middle powers" should form a bloc and tax the oligarchs until Trump is removed. Honestly I reckon he'd be gone by the end of the month.

    So Australia, Canada, France, Germany, UK, and Holland or something. 10% tax on services from Amazon, Meta, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and whatever musk thing. I feel like I've forgotten an important one. Nvidia maybe?

    If it seemed unpalatable to mention Trump directly then you could use a proxy like "we will impose these taxes until all US tariffs on all countries in the bloc are removed", because Trump would never back down.

    I remember listening to an expert on revolutions on "ologies" podcast. He made the case that the way to topple a regime is to focus on the oligarchs because they're the ones maintaining the power structure. As soon as they believe some other option will be more profitable they will withdraw support.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    Personally I'd love to see sanctions applied to USA for what they've done in Iran - though don't get me wrong, I don't support the Iranian regime either - BUT you really cannot compare Iran to Ukraine.

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but Ukraine hasn't spent the last two decades funding terrorism and proxies to destabilise the European area? Let's not pretend like Iranian gov is some helpless, innocent angel here. Many were clapping for regime change when it was being earned by the blood of innocent students. Perhaps many of our countries would've been involved in this conflict, if it was planned and executed sensibly (though I'd argue the conflict straight up wouldn't have exploded to actual conflict if anyone but the stupid orange turd was at the helm)

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