> Russia doesn't think they're bad, so they're not going to try to make America look bad by associating with them.
That wouldn't be the motivation. Russia is desperate for chips. They'll use any they can get their hands on.
> If you sold ovens to an intermediary in 1941, and they sold them to a contractor who installed your ovens at Auschwitz, you'd really feel good about the money you made?
If I had zero reason to believe they'd make their way to Germany when I sold them to someone in town, I'd be sad, but I certainly wouldn't feel culpable.
In the case of Ukraine, pretty hefty sums of my taxes paid are being used to support them. I feel pretty OK with the balance of things there. Some thousands of dollars of microchips to Iran (unwillingly) versus tens of billions in weaponry and supplies to Ukraine (happily) maths out just fine.
I'm sorry, but that's simply ignorant. They literally do this all the time. Counterfeit chips are everywhere.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/chip-shortages-lead-...
> Russia doesn't think they're bad, so they're not going to try to make America look bad by associating with them.
That wouldn't be the motivation. Russia is desperate for chips. They'll use any they can get their hands on.
> If you sold ovens to an intermediary in 1941, and they sold them to a contractor who installed your ovens at Auschwitz, you'd really feel good about the money you made?
If I had zero reason to believe they'd make their way to Germany when I sold them to someone in town, I'd be sad, but I certainly wouldn't feel culpable.
In the case of Ukraine, pretty hefty sums of my taxes paid are being used to support them. I feel pretty OK with the balance of things there. Some thousands of dollars of microchips to Iran (unwillingly) versus tens of billions in weaponry and supplies to Ukraine (happily) maths out just fine.