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kccqzy 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Statement on US government directive to suspend ac...

Realpolitik in action. Great powers just impose export controls because they know they can and they think it would be beneficial to the nation.

zmmmmm 3 months ago | [–]

And it is nearly always hubris - the people making these decisions are surrounded by yes-men who built their whole career pumping up the egos of their superiors.

epolanski 3 months ago | [–]

This has never been a winning move, yet it became increasingly popular in the last decade.

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