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To be honest: I really don't know. Are economic sanctions in the interest of the Iranian people? Or the people in Syria? Hopefully it can prevent that the situ
by yabatopia 15y ago
To be honest: I really don't know. Are economic sanctions in the interest of the Iranian people? Or the people in Syria?
Hopefully it can prevent that the situation gets even worse. Or that those in power become even more powerful.
Note that it takes more than prosperity to become a democracy. It certainly helps, but there are more factors at play.
- guard-of-terra 15y agoNo they aren't. No they won't. Look at North Korea: so much for sanctions. The only weapon against oppressive regime is economic and cultural freedom and influence. Exchange wares, exchange ideas, and eventually there would be a market for democracy, so to speak. I know a very few countries that are both prosperous and non-democratic. And you won't mind all of those: they don't have to do bad things since they've got money.
- philwelch 15y agoSanctions on NK are a noop anyway since NK themselves are isolationist.
- guard-of-terra 15y agoThey are, but perhaps they would be less so if not for sanctions. Who knows.