Sanctions were once sold as a gentler foreign policy tool for exerting pressure on dictatorships and terrorist organizations. Yet measures like banning individuals from having bank accounts or traveling are increasingly used to chill free speech in Europe.
  • brillotti@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.”

    • Pip@feddit.orgEnglish
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      8 hours ago

      In many circles, cannot criticize “leftwing” opinion leaders who show solidarity with Hezbollah, the Mullahs, and other authoritarian regimes. Because they are the only ones who care about babies in Gaza. All the others are imperialist, white fools.