If economic sanctions aren’t weapons, then why do sovereign nations deploy them ...

mlrtime · 2026-01-21T12:05:43 1768997143

Because actual weapons are much worse, don't you try to exhaust all options until you stop dropping bombs on people?

lovich · 2026-01-21T15:38:42 1769009922

I replied to a comment mentioning deaths from sanctions.

Other than our monkey brains prioritizing physical violence as worse, I don’t see a functional different between deaths from sanctions and deaths from bombs.