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-=> Dmitry Protasoff wrote to Dennis Katsonis <=-

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 DP> Hello, Dennis!

 DP> Thursday March 24 2022 20:50, you wrote to August Abolins:

 AA>> Perhaps there is such a thing as the right thing.  :/

 DK> That is not for companies to decide.  Matters of international

 DP> The whole idea that company is not free with it's own decisions is
 DP> something from Socialism era.
 DP> Freedom means freedom for everyone.

Freedom doesn't mean you can do anything you like.  Also, freedom is for
humans, not entities.  Restricting the activities of companies is not a gross
violation of freedom, your personal freedom is not impinged.


 DK> Russians and Chinese won't see it the way you do, which is important
 DK> because they both have nukes, and the ability to defeat the US in war
 DK> should one start. This is a time to tread carefully, to negotiate a
 DK> peaceful solution, but if some random CEO is going to do something
 DK> which starts a conflict, we're stuffed.

 DP> China blocked access to Facebook and Google many years ago, no nukes
 DP> were launched because of that.
 DP> Russia was doing the same.

 DP> Best regards,
 DP>              dp.

They will spin it in whatever way works best for propaganda back home. 
Companies acting unilaterely are an economic risk, and if China and Russia
cannot remove this economic risk by political dialogue with the U.S. State,
they may use this as justification for further economic action against the
West, and cutting further ties.
 
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