• Kir@feddit.it
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    10 months ago

    Dude wtf. Russians citizen are not equal to Russian government. They are just people.

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      10 months ago

      Russians citizen are not equal to Russian government. They are just people.

      I know. I love Russians. I wish Oleg Strizhenov, Bradshaw and Aleksandr Dulerayn, Anna Melikian, and the gals from Pussy Riot all the best. May their government cease being made up of Mafiya members The West recognized in the early 90s as soon as possible.

      I objected to the device being produced in (and hence paying taxes to) The Russian Federation, not being made by Russians.

      I love Russians.

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        10 months ago

        You sure don’t support them enough for how much you speak of how you love them.

        Or maybe you mean you love , like love, them?

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            10 months ago

            If the shoe fits…

            But yes, really, you are doing a lot of grandstanding on how you love Russians, apparently so much that you’d leave them to rot just because they have to interact with their own society in order to subsist.

            Just like, you know, everyone else.

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        10 months ago

        Every government is partially founded by taxes, are you suggesting we should avoid economical transactions with every citizen of a state you disapprove? Or is it just a Russian thing?

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          10 months ago

          are you suggesting we should avoid economical transactions with every citizen of a state you disapprove?

          Over the table, yes I am.

          I would like to provide as little funding toward the expansion of territory in which transitioning gender presentation is a crime as possible.

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            10 months ago

            I don’t disagree with that principle. I disagree with the idea that “buy something from a company that will eventually pay some taxes to a country” can be considered “provide funding” to that country government.

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              10 months ago

              You don’t think money going to a country …is money …which goes to that country?

              If I bought something for €40 off some guy who pays their nation 2.5% tax on the transaction is that €1 paid not a Euro the nation would not have had I declined to make the purchase?

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                10 months ago

                Come on, you understand what I mean. I’m just saying that I personally feel wrong to drow the line at that when looking for boycotting criteria.

                I despise lots of government and I refuse to support, partake and work in anything involved directly with such government or strongly affiliated company. I think it’s important to remember than people are not their government and that especially citizens of bad government need to see this kind of comprehension.

                It’s ok if you disagree, it’s a complicated matter. Noone know the one true truth.

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                  10 months ago

                  Come on, you understand what I mean.

                  I don’t. I don’t support what the Russian government is doing and I want to provide a little funding towards the endeavors of which I do not approve as possible.

                  An amount that is not ₽0 would appear to enter Russian coffers if I buy this product, and it is possible to provide “< not 0” by not buying it.

                  people are not their government

                  Which is why I wouldn’t have a moral problem with buying this product if I knew for a fact the producers were cheating on their taxes.