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redsquizza t1_iydh57j wrote

The original capital may need to be given back at some point in the future, that's the point.

Whereas interest/investing profits from the original capital are easier to legally and morally extract from the frozen assets, one assumes.

Almost every war ends with negotiated peace. Frozen assets will play part of that negotiation so if you've suddenly spent it all, you've just lost a bargaining chip.

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