The owner of the fast-food brand says there are "no new updates" on its pledge to leave Russia.
  • Dialectdezenuts [none/use name]English
    25•2 years ago

    Explaining the ineffectiveness of sanctions to an American:

    ok so imagine you have McDonald’s but you also have Burger King and McDonald’s pulls out but the Russians can just make their own McDonald’s and they can still buy Burger King…

    • NotErisma [they/them, any]English
      18•2 years ago

      Sanctions are when you ask your mom for McDonald's and she says "we got food at the house". But the burger at home is actually not bad

      I think (?) I watered it down even more for the average American to understand.

    • Flaps [he/him]English
      1•2 years ago

      Also a ton of people die due to a lack of medicine. Not in Russia per se, but you get what I mean