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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•1 year agoArguably any revolution comes from a critical mass of the population being unhappy…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoHistory shows it’s never quite that clear cut. However that’s rather irrelevant. I’m asking when have US sanctions sparked a popular revolution that overthrew a government that was sanctioned?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoYou’re suggesting that the end of Apartheid was caused solely by the US sanctions causing a popular revolt in South africa?
minus-squareNoLifeGaminglinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoI did not mention it was solely due to sanctions. But I do think it played a role.
When has that actually worked?
Arguably any revolution comes from a critical mass of the population being unhappy…
History shows it’s never quite that clear cut. However that’s rather irrelevant. I’m asking when have US sanctions sparked a popular revolution that overthrew a government that was sanctioned?
Apartheid south Africa
You’re suggesting that the end of Apartheid was caused solely by the US sanctions causing a popular revolt in South africa?
I did not mention it was solely due to sanctions. But I do think it played a role.