Why not use sanctions that cripple an economy of a hostile government with its citizens as collateral? You weaken a state on all fronts, weaker people, less resources to build their country going forward.
Maybe it's fucked up. But yeah..
For real. How does one objectively measure how one player is better than another cross generations?
Is Del Piero better than Gunnard Nordahl? Is Benzema better than Del Piero?
Titles? Those can be won not doing much.
Amount of goals? Those can also be circumstancial (maybe one is a pentalty...
How can one not understand the obvious fallacy of fiat funny money that is not backed by anything and can be printed at will skyrocketing inflation? Plus debt.
That's just simple arithmetics.