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      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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          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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              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.

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      That sounds like a boycott which is absolutely a thing. Choosing how to spend your money as a representative from of who you support is nothing new.

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          Uh no. It’s helping to support the country as well. It puts pressure on individuals and corporations to also push their local/state government to adjust their policy as well.

          If you don’t want to support slavery you can absolutely choose to not buy from countries that use slave labor at parts of the supply chain.

          Suggesting that it’s just a location based boycott is disingenuous to the conversation of it being about countries that you as a buyer are supporting. I’m not saying I don’t buy products from people who live in swamps or wetlands, but from a country that is engaged in politcal issues that are quite major in scope.

          If you want to excuse it away and embrace that opinion, that it’s fine cause it just is a location, fine. Your desire to buy is able to let you ignore the moral dissonance; and it’s what humans do best, ignoring reality because they want something; but, it doesn’t make you any less in the minority on this.

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              So playing devil’s advocate for a scenario you don’t care about and didn’t put any thought towards as a game to entertain yourself while it has impacts on the real world?

              You choose to redefine a boycott because of a thought experiment you didn’t even want to deal with people having a differing opinion on? How incredibly lazy and centrist pointed for no reason other than ignore nuance and reality.

              Have a good one, person who ignores issues because it is more fun to just not have an actual opinion on and play the middle like it does anything.