Sanctions against Russia. Diamonds are not subject to sanctions. The world is driven by profit and loss, not justice.
【EU Sanctions Against Russia: Why Are Diamonds Excluded? Are there limits to sanctions?】
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/special/international_news_navi/articles/qa/2023/01/30/28882.html
・The European Union has imposed various sanctions against Russia, but one that has not been targeted is diamond
・Deeply dependent on Russian diamonds is one of the EU member states, Belgium. Belgium is working to prevent any sanctions on diamonds from being formally proposed.
・The EU had indicated its intention to impose sanctions on natural gas as well, but this has not yet been targeted.Of the items that the EU has already banned from imports from Russia, crude oil is limited to those transported by sea.This is because Hungary, a member country, did not change its position that it needs the oil it imports from Russia via pipeline.
・The EU has already imposed sanctions on everything that is easy to impose. Now, any attempt to impose sanctions will hurt the European economy as well.
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The world is driven by profit and loss, not justice.
Russia and the Ukraine issue. It has been almost a year since the sanctions against Russia or whatever they are called.
To begin with, there were doubts as to the extent to which sanctions would make sense for Russia, a major resource-rich country, but when it comes to the diamonds mentioned above, it’s just, well, you know.
In every age, it is the ordinary citizens who are sacrificed in the battlefield.
When I read the above article, I took the liberty of imagining a caricature of the wealthy and upper class, dressed in sparkling diamonds, in a place that has nothing to do with the ordinary citizens who are the victims.
【Russian oil, UK “zero imports” without grasping the reality of the back distribution?】
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUE257CS0V20C22A8000000/
【A Hole in Economic Sanctions? Russian oil goes to Europe through back channels】
https://lovely-lovely.net/business/nikkei-15/
By the way.
“We should all embargo Russian oil too!” said the UK, but it seems that the UK has been quietly importing Russian oil. (They transfer the oil by sea or gulf, making it hard to tell where it comes from)
The article above says it’s OK if the crude is limited to sea transport, but considering the timeline, I wonder if the rules changed after it was discovered that the UK was secretly importing crude oil? (Just speculating)
When you see a situation like this、
It is a painful reminder that “the world is driven not by justice, but by profit and loss.
By the way.
It is estimated that 70 to 100 trillion yen has been spent over the past three years on Japan’s corona measures. Moreover, the use of many of the countermeasure costs is unknown. (The reconstruction budget for the Great East Japan Earthquake is 20 trillion yen.)
If we analyze this from a profit/loss perspective.
I wonder who, where, and which industries are losing and gaining.
Like this.
The world is driven by profit and loss -> looking at the world in terms of profit and loss… If you keep doing this, your character is going to be distorted.
Speaking of which, author Shu Yamaguchi tweeted something like this.
なんでもそうですけど「正しいか、正しくないか」という論点を立てるよりも「損か、得か」という論点を立てた方が収まりがいいように思います。パスカルですね、神様を信じるのはなぜ？得だから。
— 山口周 (@shu_yamaguchi) January 25, 2023
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「As with anything, it seems to fit better to make a “loss or gain” argument than to make a “right or wrong” argument. This is Pascal, isn’t it? Why do you believe in God? Because it is gain.」
Interesting.
That’s right. I’m going to believe in God because I get it. LOL.
This will keep my personality from being distorted. LOL.
From the heart-wrenching “story of loss and gain”, somehow, it ended up being a heartwarming story of God. ^^
See you then.
If the world is driven by profit and loss, does that mean people are also driven by profit and loss? Then, do you also operate based on profit and loss? To begin with, what is loss or gain for you? Any story is infinite if you deepen it. ^^.
