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0 pointsyarcob5y ago0 comments

I really don't think blocks and embargoes are going to help anyone. They just suck for all the affected people, but I don't think they are very effective at convincing foreign governments to open up.

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systemvoltage5y ago· 1 in thread

We're talking about blocking IPs originating from China. How would that hurt the affected people outside of China?

In regards to trade war, HN has discussed this ad-nauseum, I think we should restrict the discussion to internet traffic even though I brought it up as an analogy about asymmetric response from the west in general: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=trade+war

yarcobOP5y ago

> We're talking about blocking IPs originating from China. How would that hurt the affected people outside of China?

Most of the affected people would obviously be inside China.

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