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Well in the case of authoritarian regimes, I would imagine trying to pump more information from the free world into it would be a more effective "punishment" th
by umvi 6y ago
Well in the case of authoritarian regimes, I would imagine trying to pump more information from the free world into it would be a more effective "punishment" that restricting information. In practice though that's hard. Most authoritarian regimes have state censors/firewalls to filter only information that is advantageous for the state.
- falcolas 6y agoChina (hell, vaccinations/flat earth too) has shown that this isn’t terribly effective. The ‘west’ has been pursuing a policy of “if we enlighten them, they will revolt”, and it ain’t happening. Some have been enlightened, others have had their own biases strengthened, and the government has simply continued unchanged.
- judge2020 6y agoOn the other hand, a presidency term without a few foreign coups is considered a dull affair.