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The EU should forget about sanctions – they’re doing more harm than good | Simon Jenkins (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] angarabebesi@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The inflation from the sanctions is destroying sympathy for the Ukrainian cause.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's one thing to put flags in your Twitter bio, and quite another not to be able to afford basic necessities.

[–] angarabebesi@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Agree.

Also, the western elites are realizing that Russia sanctions basically means gifting a huge market to Chinese companies.

[+] MadScientist@sopuli.xyz -5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

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[–] angarabebesi@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

whataboutism is the correct response to hypocrites.

[–] roastpotatothief@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

What are you talking about? I don't see how you comment is connected to the article at all.

I've read it a few times now. Is Ukraine the 3rd world country you refer to? Is the article selfish because it puts the needs of the local citizens over the needs of faraway Ukrainians?

And what about whataboutism?

I think you were downvoted not because your point is bad, but just because you need to express it a bit more clearly.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Thank you for providing such a thorough example of a fractally wrong argument.