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More likely that keeping countries isolated maintains access to tax havens, cheap labour and various other benefits.
by n4r9 7y ago
More likely that keeping countries isolated maintains access to tax havens, cheap labour and various other benefits.
- HenryBemis 7y agoRewording what you wrote. Maybe a dictator can make anyone disappear instantly with no questions asked from within the country. Scrutiny from the outside will only happen if someone is fast enough to leave and open their mouth despite the threat of retaliation/persecution/execution of loved ones (a la North Korea)
- n4r9 7y agoI was thinking more broadly than overt dictators. Right-wing nationalists tend to have vested commercial interests that benefit from a lack of global integration. I'm thinking more of Trump, Bolsonaro, Orban, or Morawiecki. These are people that spout faux "anti-elite" rhetoric whilst having strong ties with actual global elites. This level of control might occasionally include disappearing individuals when necessary, but is much more subtle and wide-ranging.