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Even during the cold war, Americans did business with Russia. No large computers or munitions, but Americans still ate Russian caviar. There was this call to bo
by afiler 8y ago
Even during the cold war, Americans did business with Russia. No large computers or munitions, but Americans still ate Russian caviar. There was this call to boycott it at the same time as the Moscow olympics, but I don't think anyone called it "treason". https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1980/01/31/boycott-caviar/a1768462-9f6a-4f3e-a334-188e7ecd82b8/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1980/01/31/...
- ArchTypical 8y agoNobody was actively participating in oppressing the russian population during the cold war. This attempt to dance around the issue is transparent.
- mikejb 8y agoThe post you replied to is a direct answer to claims about trade between the US and Russia during the cold war.
- ArchTypical 8y agoThe post I replied to is making false equivalence comparisons. There's nothing subtle about the issue being circumvented.
- mikejb 8y agoThe equivalence comparison wasn't made by the post you replied to, but by it's parent.
- ArchTypical 8y ago> Even during the cold war, Americans did business with Russia ie A false equivalence. Me selling flags to Russians is doing business. That has nothing to do with the issue of what constitutes or can be construed as Treason which is certain kinds of business that ally against national interests.