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The idea isn't from economics. It's from the liberalism school of IR. It's not wrong, either. It's just imperfect. Like any IR theory, it's only a partial expl
by hackerlight 4y ago
The idea isn't from economics. It's from the liberalism school of IR.
It's not wrong, either. It's just imperfect. Like any IR theory, it's only a partial explanation, and things beyond the theory's scope happen.
In fact, it's a fairly good theory. Autocrats want to survive. Which means they don't want to get sanctioned and cause a recession, because they fear protests.
Other factors can often overwhelm that -- again, the theory isn't perfect.
- st-keller 4y agoAutocrats want to survive, yes. So if there’s an economic crisis, they like to distract people. Blaming minorities works as well a starting a war. Look up Idi Amin as an example par excellence!
- hackerlight 4y agoYes, he scapegoated Indians. But they also want to avoid an economic crisis to begin with, if it can be helped. Trade as deterrence is an imperfect but still partly true IR theory.
- peace_for_whom 4y ago[flagged]