[econcon]

Sanctions are way to starve the beast.

The beast is the country and the people in power are the ones who control that beast.

If the beast is powerful, the people in power can use the beast to harm other countries.

Is it unfair? Maybe. But what's the alternative? Usually killing the people in power results in power vaccum which destabilises the country and makes the beast go nuclear where there is always more potential for harm, an example of this is Libya.

Invading country isn't seen as good thing to do and installing your favourable party in power is also not seen favourably.

Are there other options? I'd like to know as well.

[vmception]

Right, it probably is a “safer” approach, despite requiring a massive dragnet criminalizing and also deputizing all financial institutions and criminalizing citizens just to ensure every single transaction is whitelisted

I’m only talking about the criminalization of citizens passing US constitutional muster