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Edit - Hexbear announced plans to deferedate from us.

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~~After recent events, it feels to me that sentiment has shifted and more people are asking for defederation of hexbear than previously~~

~~I've been doing my best to try and mend bridges and keep us connected, as it's my hope that we can maintain trans solidarity and work with them, despite the friction, however, ultimately, I feel that this is an issue for the blahaj lemmy community to decide, not the admins alone~~

~~So here's what we're going to do~~

~~We're going to leave things as they are for a week. That will give time for things to calm down whilst we see if we can work together. After a week, I'll put up a vote and get a feel for where the community is at in regards to our continued federation with hexbear. That poll will run for a week. If there is a strong will to defederate (a clear majority), then that's what we will do~~

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[-] Strawberry 12 points 1 year ago

I had not thought about the similarities between sanctions and siege warfare, that is an excellent observation

[-] jackmarxist@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

Sanctions are only meant to hurt people, not leaders. In fact, they politically weaken poorer people who end up trying to stay alive over trying to overthrow the government.

[-] Strawberry 8 points 1 year ago

Yes I know it's just the specific point about it being modern day siege warfare is new to me

[-] StalinwasaGryffindor@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

It’s not an original observation, but it was something that once I was aware of really made me question why sanctions are so normalized.

If you’d like a better explanation from people who are much smarter than me I recommend the podcast Citations Needed. They’ve got an episode that goes into the harm sanctions cause, especially to the most vulnerable people in the target country.

The following link has both the podcast and a transcript if you prefer reading over listening:

https://citationsneeded.medium.com/episode-106-the-sanitization-of-sanctions-56f976af6019

[-] Strawberry 7 points 1 year ago

Thank you! I will give it a listen/read

[-] bitterplantfairies@mander.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

Thank you for the link!

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