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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

They could tighten the noose around key figures and their bases of wealth. It does not take much for capitalists to squeal and turn on the government if their capital is threatened in any way whatsoever. It doesn't even need to be an extreme or total sanction, just enough to anger some capitalists and then turn them on the government.