Most people probably think that Christianity is the dominate religion among Americans. Most people are wrong — it’s capitalism.
You see it in literally every decision we make in this country.
The EU recently labelled Russia a state sponsor of terrorism. The Biden administration will not join in that effort. The stated reason for Biden standing on the sidelines on this issue is because it would require us to sanction all countries that also do business with Russia — countries like Canada, African continent nations and others.
Apparently those countries are deeply committed to trading with Russia, and will never stop doing so regardless of what Putin does. And the mass death happening in Ukraine isn’t enough motivation for the US to tell these trading partners and allies that if they don’t want to get cut off, you need to make some changes.
Capitalism seeks stability, it doesn’t matter if that stability involves hundreds of thousands of dead Ukrainians. These key trading partners must be maintained, at all costs, to other people. It would be wrong for the US to use the power of its economy for goodness.
Isn’t this the point of sanctions? A powerful country like the US using it’s power for good, like this. We shouldn’t fear what will happen if label Russia a state sponsor of terrorism, we should be terrified about what will happen if we don’t.