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I worry that a lot of these sanctions are going to backfire. If I&#x27;m an average Russian citizen, maybe I&#x27;m against the war, or more likely I just don&#x27;t feel very strongly about it. If the West then destroys my livelihood and financial wellbeing with sanctions, eventually my reaction is going to be something like, &quot;f*k these NATO guys, they&#x27;re ruining my life for something I have nothing to do with and can&#x27;t do anything about anyway&quot;.<p>I was against the Iraq War back in 2003, but I would have been livid if the whole world punished ordinary Americans with sanctions, even though the majority of us voted <i>against</i> G.W. Bush in 2000. The fastest way to create unity among a group of people is to arbitrarily punish all of them together. This is, in part, why the military runs basic training the way it does.