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The role of Kpler and the likes of The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) here is to encourage mounting pressure (and eventually yet another war) on Iran by claiming that things are working out in US's favor, so that the global economic pain does force Trump to change course.

It all makes sense when you realize Kpler's head of crude oil analysis is a hardcore Iranian monarchist.

It's called Blackwater.

Their most dangerous battalion, consisting of 1000 infants, was neutralized by the brave IDF Soldiers.

>> Less consumer-oriented culture demands brainwashing

It simply requires putting a stop to the constant brainwashing campaigns for inducing demand.

>> do things they naturally want to

collecting Stanley tumblers is not a "natural" tendency.

You are vastly overestimating the standards of the median gamer.

Which is also not true, as we're seeing in Syria.

> So, we should just do business as usual with countries committing war crimes or genocide? Aggressors in war, users of chemical weapons on their own people?

That's what the US has been doing since forever, even actively participating in the war crimes. If you think any of the stated reasons for the sanctions are real, I have a bridge to sell you.

> Sanctions don't apply to Iranians in the US

Sanctions absolutely do apply to Iranians (even dual citizens) anywhere in the world, albeit less intensively.

> not everyone in Iran is Iranian

Swing and a miss. Sanctions are primarily against Iranian nationals, and extend to any non-Iranian who violated the sanctions. If you visit Iran as an American/Chinese/Antractican you don't automatically end up sanctioned.

> The idea is to get the population to put pressure on the leaders

And that makes it okay? Nuking civilians can also be a tactic to pressure the leaders into surrender. And nukes may take fewer lives than decades of intense sanctions.

> I am NOT asking for the removal of the sanctions targeted at the Islamic Republic of Iran.

All sanctions are designed to hurt civilians, so that they may overthrow their government. Just a bullying tactic by the US with zero moral justifications, despite how it's framed by the media.

> its fans told me that if I liked it and wasn't a Communist, I was missing the point that it was mocking me. As a communist who loves DE: The game mocks you even If you are any flavour of socialist/communist, and I don't think this is at odds with liking the game.

Just tested, and it's blocked on Deutsche Telekom & O2 mobile.

Can't take the "propaganda" and "misinformation" excuses seriously when the German establishment media has been blatantly lying to their teeth about an ongoing genocide, and smearing anyone who stood for an obvious moral cause with 0 repercussion. They make the Israeli far-right newspapers blush.