LordsFire
Internet Wizard
Um, this is basically forcing foreign businesses to sell their inventory to private Russian inverters, not a takeover.
Do you think that the west de fact stealing Russia's sovereign reserves from western banks is more pro-free market?
Or seizing the assets of rich Russians that sometimes live in the west and have dubious relations with Putin?
Sorry, but from my point of view, the West and its virtue-signalling regulators and companies broke capitalism first, at least in this case.
And given how 'Russian Oligarchs' became oligarchs, who do you think is likely to wind up owning those properties?
The capital seizures in western nations/banks are just as much a violation of free markets, and as none of the nations doing it have declared war, I'd say it's of very dubious ethicality no matter what virtue signalling is involved. Suspending trade would be one thing, asset seizure is another.