The value of a currency isn't exactly decided by what it is worth to Americans. Russia still has everything they had before the war, which is still as intrinsically valuable as ever & they are still willing to trade. They haven't changed their regulatory environment in crazy ways and haven't suffered major hits to their productive capacity.
In some senses, it is difficult to see why a sanctions attack against Russia would damage their currency that much. The fundamentals are still much the same. I still bought US products after Iraq and I'd still buy Russian products after Ukraine. I imagine most of the world feels similar. There are even some hints that parts of Europe feel that way.
I am thankful to the other comments for the defence but I'll add - seriously, how many lives do you think sanctions are going to save? They won't accomplish much, especially unless China and India seriously get involved. In the worst case scenario, they inflame tensions and we all die in a nuclear fireball.
I'm not complicit in anything. That is war fever talking saying there is anything here to support. I just want to see peace and prosperity, which sanctions do not achieve.
And this is a huge problem we as people, including myself, don't shape the world we could have. We have the power to not support evil and we don't use it (enough).
(I'm hoping you wouldn't be downvoted/flagged into oblivion by the time I'm done with drafting and sending this).
> Good to announce your cheerful complicity in mass murder on here so we know not to take you seriously.
I attended a critical-thinking and logical reasoning class in University back in the day, and I'm trying to see what all logical fallacies you have committed (I'm not very good at this):
1. Non sequitur [1]? Because I don't really see how buying a Russian product supports mass murder.
And I think you have committed it again, because your conclusion that if somebody supports mass murder, then they shouldn't be taken seriously, is questionable.
I mean, for example, should the leader of Russia (think about their stand on mass murder) be taken seriously?
(I might also argue you committed the hasty generalization [3] fallacy here).
2. Cherry picking [2], because in the clause you quoted, you conveniently chose to omit the earlier clause of that same sentence.
3. Sweeping generalization [4], because you implicitly assume all Russians support mass murder.
4. Straw man fallacy [5]. You're not even addressing anything the parent commenter actually said.
5. False dilemma? [6]. I'm not too sure about this one, but I feel you're implicitly saying that because the parent commenter buys Russian products they must be supporting mass murder.
If you pay taxes to a western government you are complicit in killing innocents all over the world. We just do with drones from an office park in Nevada.
Which I suspect is true for yourself as well, although I have no means to verify it.
It is true for most of the world though.
Let's look at all the other mass murders committed by the US and their allies and stop buying goods from them too, shall we?
And before the "whataboutism" flame war starts, I don't care. It's not whataboutism when you're specifically stating (implicitly or otherwise) that one is fine and the other is not.
In some senses, it is difficult to see why a sanctions attack against Russia would damage their currency that much. The fundamentals are still much the same. I still bought US products after Iraq and I'd still buy Russian products after Ukraine. I imagine most of the world feels similar. There are even some hints that parts of Europe feel that way.
Although, because I'm something of a gold bug, there are some unreliable claims they've re-introduced the gold standard (https://theconversation.com/why-russia-has-put-the-rouble-on...). That is an interesting thing that happened on the way through.