Comment by cheald
5 years ago
I'm no fan of Putin or the Russian government's war, but I originally moved to Namecheap from GoDaddy over GoDaddy's support for SOPA. I want my registrar to be a registrar, not a political entity. Looks like I'll be looking for a new registrar to do business with going forward.
The Russian government are the bad guys here - people who happen to be in Russia are not. I'm not gonna do business with a company that gutpunches uninvolved individuals for political points.
> I want my registrar to be a registrar, not a political entity.
Corporations are creation of states through law, and thereby inherently political entities; further, they are mechanisms of the sponsoring stakeholders —ultimately, even if indirectly, flesh and blood human beings (stockholders in the typical capitalist business enterprise) to pursue their interests, which may usually be predominantly profit for business entities, but are rarely exclusively that, when the chips are down.
The Russian government does not exist in a bubble, it can only function with the functioning of the Russian economy. Russian individuals are gutpunched by every sanction, the families of Russian soldiers by every death.
If you don't want consequences for your citizens, don't go to war to enact consequences on other countries' citizens.
> for political points.
I do not think you understand the true motivation
> If you don't want consequences for your citizens, don't go to war to enact consequences on other countries' citizens.
This kind of reasoning is derived from a representative democracy where the citizens elect a government to look after their best interests. Consequently, the government's ability to stay in power depends on public consensus and approval.
By most indications, Russia seems to be ... not that.
Can we stop painting Russia as a nation of poor proles being subjugated by a disparate government? On the whole, Russian people are very much in favour of their leader & largely ignored the erosion of protections like term limits for the short term that it benefited them. To turn around once the consequences are on their shoulders and say that this was unforeseeable is nonsense.
If you want a nation that is subjugated by Russia's government & experiences the consequences, there is a much better option.
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