Someone told me I should look up this video online, so I did and watched it in full. This is extremely informative! America and it's allies could really learn something from this short video! Did you ever wonder how the most sanctioned country in the world... a country that had been cut off a global financial transaction system (SWIFT)... not only managed to survive but actually thrive economically? This Youtube video explains it all:

How Russia Survived 16,000 Sanctions (Genius Strategy)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=okYw7Mb3WK0

Hint: Putin used an old long-forgotten American strategy that made us the most powerful country in world many decades ago!