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Autocrats 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 A
by st-keller 4y ago
Autocrats 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.