Now imagine each of those 50000 objects, spread over the surface of the earth, is moving at 10km/s, and then imagine that you want to go outside for a walk.

"Embargoing those chips would make the west seem inhuman, and galvanize the russian population around putin"

They are able to claim this is happening even if false, since they control all information available to the masses. Embargoing or not makes no difference to what the russian population knows and thinks.

I think, due to our fundamental differences, that we should avoid all trade, and not even sell them an abacus.