Because the US geopolitical goals and actions, while often reprehensible, generally speaking aren't against Swedish interests, whereas Russia is a much more direct threat to Sweden.

Why does China keep appeasing the US by not sending weapons to support Russia?

[–] brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So appeasement does sometimes work then.

[–] wandermind@sopuli.xyz -2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's not appeasement if the party being "appeased" is not opposed to you to begin with.

[–] brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's not what they say about WW2

[–] wandermind@sopuli.xyz -3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Now you lost me, surely Hitler was being appeased by the Allies allowing him to do things they would've preferred him not to do?

[–] brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sweden wouldn't prefer the USA not repeatedly destroy other countries and commit genocide?

[–] wandermind@sopuli.xyz -2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sure they would, but not as much as Russia doing the same but much closer to Sweden.

[–] brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So Sweden is appeaseing the USA

[–] wandermind@sopuli.xyz -3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sure then, if you want to call it that. But did it work? Were countries not invaded by the US thanks to Swedish appeasement?

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Lemmygrad has an emoji for this 😆 thread

[–] brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

They have some great emoji.