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> I'm curious to what ratio an abusive regime is affected by general sanctions vs the populace under its authoritarian control. Inevitably the sanctions will h
by TazeTSchnitzel 10y ago
> I'm curious to what ratio an abusive regime is affected by general sanctions vs the populace under its authoritarian control.
Inevitably the sanctions will hurt the general populace more than the people in power. However, that might reduce the popularity of the leader and ultimately help their downfall, perhaps.
- rwallace 10y agoOr it might not. It might make the populace more isolated, bitter and paranoid, more likely to stand by the leader against the perceived evil of the rest of the world. Decades of sanctions against Cuba and North Korea just entrenched the respective regimes more tightly.