I get that. I just really don't think that it'll have enough of an impact to matter in that case. All of the high level people have their own methods for getting things in and out of the country, so you're probably going to affect some "middle class" smugglers, but the I'm worried that people trying to flee are going to be affected more.
I think that's a very flawed way to look at this. Just because it's been 1.5 years doesn't mean that every person living inside a series of imaginary lines on a map is responsible for the minority that is in charge of that shaded map regeon. By that logic, you're at fault for whatever your government has done since you've become a legal adult. If you are one.
Putin took power when most of the people fighting in this war were small children. There's not been a real election since.
So, let's punish refugees trying to leave the nation.
Look, I get it. This sanction is meant to make it even harder for Russia to move money in and out. But realistically, this is going to disproportionately affect the people trying to run away from the draft, or other political dissidents.
He's a wrestler that became a podcaster. At the time his podcasts gained popularity because he was able to get very high echelon guests and he would have a very simple conversation with them. It was new at the time.
As time goes on things got muddy. He's a bit of a doofis who likes to say things without thinking, and some people claim that he is irresponsible with what he says because he has a large platform . Two people having a poorly thought out natural conversation becomes something different when it's being broadcast to millions of people.
In the US he has become associated with the "right wing". He has a bit of a cult of personality following him. People lable his fans as "dude-bros" who think they're smart, but aren't.
Personally I think that just like Howard Stern's interviews, they shouldn't be taken as informational, but can be entertaining. He does have a lot of interesting guests. I treat podcasts like these like I'm going to the zoo. The animals are interesting, but that's about it.
I was just watching a PBS Space Time episode on the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation and they were talking about how there were patterns in it that indicated that these structures should exist. This is so cool!
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