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Western Companies Are Now Paying for Russia Sanctions (foreignpolicy.com)
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[–] [S] 10 points 2 years ago (20 children)

The article talks about western companies suffering from western sanctions.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago* (17 children)

    Yes. When we refuse to trade with assholes, we lose opportunities to profit off of said assholes.

    Some capitalist assholes who don't care if the people they're profiting off are assholes don't like being told not to do business with said other assholes, so ALL the assholes whine about it, but from my perspective the thing to remember is they're all a bunch of assholes.

    Phrasing it the way the headline does puts a very particular spin on things, don't you think?

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I'm sorry but if you refuse to trade with assholes the US will invade you shortly after. Or they will overthrow your goverment by funding extremists in your country. It is not just the loss of profits, if you refuse to trade with US corporations, ie the biggest assholes, you will get eradicated.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Obligatory reminder that a fruit company messed up entire nations or soda producer funded death squads.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Let me also note something less extreme. The good people at Nestle use to run an 'ad' campain in African countries to make mothers belive that natural breastmilk is dangerous and if they want their babies to survive they have to buy their product. They were given free samples which lasted roughly the lenght until the mother stopped lactating. Of course then the honourable people at nestle stopped providing the formula milk for free. It became rather expensive for the child to survive actually. Ah Nestle.

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    What the article actually says is that western companies have little interest in exiting Russia. What's happening is that Russia is choosing to seize their assets in retaliation to the west trying to steal Russian foreign assets. The phrasing of the headline is an accurate summary of what's actually happening, which is that the west is seeing serious economic blow back from its economic war with Russia.

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  • [+] -6 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    I mean seizing assets has worked for Cuba and Venezuela, right? Right!?

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  • [–] [S] 11 points 2 years ago (11 children)

    You really can't understand the difference between Russia and Cuba? 😂

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  • [+] -9 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    A Commie is a Commie

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  • [–] [S] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yup, that's the level of argument I've come to expect from you.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Russia is far from communism, with only Putin and a few oligarchs in power.

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  • [+] -8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I mean, that sounds like textbook communism to me.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Maybe actually read textbooks then. Hint: They're the ones without pictures.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    There's philosophical or edgy teenager communism and then there's the human communism that exists in practice to consolidate power by the guise of seizing the means of production...for the few oligarchs.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Why did communist historically mostly make stuff like healthcare and education free or more accessible? I think that while you make interesting point you are being to harsh. While in some cases this could have happened overall communism provides far more to the common people tha capitalism ever could.

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