Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.
And the sanctions make the numbers bigger. Russia needs to spend more to get the same, which means they’re getting less for the same amount of money, sweat, genius and hopes.
No it’s not. It’s cut from the opposite end of Russian society to the optimal one.
Russian “elite” is very useful for all of the world’s other elites. It’s spending money on things not a thief never would. It’s giving politicians who want to be mafia bosses sort of a starting capital, or an edge they need. It’s playing them against each other.
These sanctions are designed to impede Russia at wars, but preserve its “elite”, so that the money stream wouldn’t dry out.
The proper sanctions would be to catch every Russian official’s kids currently in European countries and in USA, and start sending fingers by mail to their parents. Fear not, they most likely all have a few (or more) murders on their non-existent conscience, so they are fair game. Oh, FFS, some of those officials are in “hostile” countries too. Some of Putin’s children are. They have different second names, but identifying them is a rookie job.
That’s if you want to stop the war and destroy the criminal regime.
Sanctions are directed against Russia, but not against the Russian regime.
And the sanctions make the numbers bigger. Russia needs to spend more to get the same, which means they’re getting less for the same amount of money, sweat, genius and hopes.
And that’s a win.
No it’s not. It’s cut from the opposite end of Russian society to the optimal one.
Russian “elite” is very useful for all of the world’s other elites. It’s spending money on things not a thief never would. It’s giving politicians who want to be mafia bosses sort of a starting capital, or an edge they need. It’s playing them against each other.
These sanctions are designed to impede Russia at wars, but preserve its “elite”, so that the money stream wouldn’t dry out.
The proper sanctions would be to catch every Russian official’s kids currently in European countries and in USA, and start sending fingers by mail to their parents. Fear not, they most likely all have a few (or more) murders on their non-existent conscience, so they are fair game. Oh, FFS, some of those officials are in “hostile” countries too. Some of Putin’s children are. They have different second names, but identifying them is a rookie job.
That’s if you want to stop the war and destroy the criminal regime.
Sanctions are directed against Russia, but not against the Russian regime.