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Originally Posted by AzNightmare
Damn... the cancel culture is going strong now.
Not exactly sure how I feel about this. The Russian athletes literally have nothing to do with this war.
Is this more to do with CCM protecting their own business, cut ties with anything to do with Russia just so it looks good for their brand and in the future, they won't risk receiving any sort of backlash cause who knows what they'll get blamed for down the road.
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The athletes themselves may not necessarily have done anything wrong, but they are benefiting from Russia's relationship with the western world. When they attack that part of the world, they instantly severed all ties, and everyone who benefitted will no longer be able to do so. Also any reasonably famous Russian athlete is likely going to have direct ties to Putin (whether by choice or not I can't say)
So we have minor things like athletes losing sponsorship
But also deals are cut with international companies - oil companies, Boeing, Airbus, Visa, Mastercard, are all pulling out of there.
Like I said, Putin instantly put them back 70 years. He is fucking Russia over almost as much as Ukraine.
BTW I like this, civilians taking to the streets to block the advance of tanks
And at the same time, if Russian soldiers surrender, they are treated humanely. This guy got some tea and food, and got to facetime with his mom
