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This international sponsors of war thing really should only apply to companies based in countries that have sanctioned Russia - if you’re not operating against sanctions, the onus isn’t with the company (which could be sued for contract violations) but with the government for not placing sanctions.

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I mean, the US has been helping Saudi Arabia starve and destroy Yemen for eight years now. Aren’t we also a sponsor of war?

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Yes.

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Those are the Good guys, Gods gift to humanity, they dictate what is moral and what ever harm they bring on others they are still righteous

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“What about …”

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The rallying cry for people who kinda just want to ignore what a piece of shit our country is. You are a well-behaved chickenhawk.

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But what about me?

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We’re a key part of the war machine. We are gears of war.

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Gears of war only has 4 sequels…

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Anyone who works to maximize equality is a good guy and anyone who works to maximize inequality is a bad guy

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There have been plenty of times they were, though name any country with 200+ years of existence and I’ll show you how they aren’t the good guys either from certain points of view. Ask Africa how they feel about some of the perceived “good guys” in the EU

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Doesn’t count since we’re the good guys.

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well, yes?

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The title is incredibly hard to understand.

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It’s not ideal.

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They have a duty to try and maximize the return on investment for their stakeholders. Dumping all of their stock on the market at once would crater the value of those holdings. In the end the only people who would benefit would be those who picked up that stock cheap (probably the Russian Oligarchy). It would also greatly harm the Sovereign fund due to the losses incurred.

Selling off holdings slowly to try and minimize losses for the sovereign fund is the logical move.

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This is almost as dumb as Freedom Fries.

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Is freedom fries a real thing? I always thought it was a joke, but I’m not American.

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Yes. In 2003 The US Congress changed the wording of its cafeteria menu because France opposed the invasion of Iraq.

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French Fries is a word. You can’t boycott a word which is why Freedom Fries is dumb.

Pepsi is a corporation. You can boycott a corporation and boycotts can influence the decisions that corporation makes.

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That’s why I consider it to be slightly less dumb.

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It’s not dumb at all to boycott a corporation that’s doing something wrong.

It’s just the corporations that tell you it’s dumb because they want to continue to do terrible things without it affecting their profits.

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