Economic sanctions is an external action. Tariffs are a thing that exist. It's not by any means "repression", so please don't make the argument lame by taking it there.
I'm pretty sure you were the one who took the argument into this direction, by equating banning a chat app to launching missiles - waging war.
I'm not asking us to hold ourselves to China's standards - that's the lowest bar in the universe. I'm asking us to hold ourselves to our own standards.
War is not repression. It is unfortunate but often the only sensible approach when the other party is aggressor. Itβs not oppression to respond in kind. It is common sense.
