| > This would be similar to UN trade sanctions that are imposed on bad state actors. UN sanctions are not imposed on bad state actors. They are imposed on weak state actors. UN sanctions have never been imposed on the US, China, Russia, Britain and France easily the worst state actors globally - the biggest weapons sellers and the cause of instability all over the world. They also are the 5 permanent security council members with veto power. > I think we generally overestimate the hurt on the outside and underestimate the hurt on the inside considering the massive trade imbalance that China enjoys with the rest of the world. China doesn't enjoy a trade imbalance with the "rest of the world". The enjoy it with the US primarily. They are net importers of Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, etc. Germany, Japan, South Korea, etc also enjoy trade imbalance with the "rest of the world". Do you support sanctioning them? > Personally I have already pi-holed entire .cn and other domains. That doesn't do much if you really think about it. It's not like chinese individual, company or government are barred from owning everything from coms to orgs. |
That is a great point and I agree with it.
However, the way I look at it, a state sponsored attack like this is no different from a country firing missiles or shells on another country from over the border. And as such, such attacks should not go unpunished and there need to be consequences. In addition, the countries being attached have a right and a moral duty to protect themselves.
The mechanisms of such I leave to those with the power to make it happen.
And yes, blocking .cn doesn't do much, but it does some.