• CarrotsHaveEars@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    Thank you. Would you mind explaining what this means please? What is a U.S.-sanctioned place? Why does the U.S. government think this is a bad thing?

    contributor being geolocated in a US-sanctioned place

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      9 months ago

      US likes to impose arbitrary sanctions on its adversaries. Basically the US government decided that people from a particular country aren’t allowed to collaborate with people using US based platforms like GitHub.

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            9 months ago

            @driving_crooner sanctions work to stop undemocratic regimes. Those regimes are keeping their own people hostage, and I wish there was a way to save the anti-regime people without supporting the regime. But traveling to Crimea is not what anti-regime people do, so sanction that ass.

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              9 months ago

              Sanctions does not work, the regime still stays while average people suffers and even it harder to even escape the country. North Korea still exist. Belarus still exist. Eritrea still exist.

              American sanctions also only targeted towards anti-America countries. If the regime is pro-America, it’s not gonna be sanctioned.

              If you actually support democracy, let’s support the people by giving them platform in the international community. Making them be able to showcase their voice without hijacked by external political force.

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          9 months ago

          What country do you live in and how much should you be punished for living in it?