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> Some of the sanctions are definitely too much, as they will worsen the life of regular Russians and Europeans too much

As a regular European: good.

We are at war, I'm more than willing to pay personal costs to inflict pain and casualties to Russia, even more so if those costs are "only" financial. I absolutely want my government to hurt us if that means hurting Russians even more.

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> We are at war, I'm more than willing to pay personal costs to inflict pain and casualties to Russia, even more so if those costs are "only" financial. I absolutely want my government to hurt us if that means hurting Russians even more.

Tell that to people who live on minimum salary, maybe they will explain you something about "financial price"

While I have some sympathy for those who are less lucky than me, in the long run playing the appeasement game will hurt them even more. Furthermore, government can take ad-hoc redistributive actions, such as increased or reworked taxation. Our government is already spending 46% of the GDP in random crap for far less noble reasons.

OTOH I hate from the bottom of my heart the entire wave of pseudo-intellectuals and anti-western useful idiots who push the "two-sides" narrative. (Just to be clear because this is the internet -- I'm not implying anything about you specifically)

> in the long run playing the appeasement game will hurt them even more.

https://www.focus.de/finanzen/boerse/konjunktur/top-oekonom-...

What long run, i wonder

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