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Its not so easy. By routing economic power (aka oil or trade) there, you support these shitholes and the spreading of there ideologies and pathologies. Free tr

• martin_a 4y ago
  > Free trade furthers the ruthless more then the free. Moral obligations are just standing in the way, yes.
• swores 4y ago
  Is it the least bad option, though? I'm no expert but I think the argument goes that by allowing free trade we create links between societies, as well as offering more opportunities for putting political pressure for change (even if change is far slower than the people suffering under those regimes deserve) vs the alternative of North Korea style alienation? Is there a better option? The US+allies could kill those authoritarian leaders, invade those countries, "liberate" the people, etc etc but that doesn't exactly have a great track record for improving the countries invaded...
  • alisonkisk 4y ago
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