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we criticize ourselves for sanctioning communist countries, but don't they necessarily have to be hostile to capitalist nations? I mean, assume their communism

we criticize ourselves for sanctioning communist countries, but don't they necessarily have to be hostile to capitalist nations? I mean, assume their communism is working properly and "everyone gets the same" for all resources. Its pretty much a given that that level of resources will be less than a capitalist nation. If we accept the axiom that each person wants to maximize their resources, then we should expect a natural outflow from the communist nation to the capitalist one. In order to limit that, any ruler would be incentivized to pain the capitalist world as the enemy or make it a crime to affiliate/sympathize with them. this naturally leads to conflict between nations.

aniviacat 2y ago
> Its pretty much a given that that level of resources will be less than a capitalist nation. Why? > If we accept the axiom that each person wants to maximize their resources, then we should expect a natural outflow from the [poorer] nation to the [richer] one. In order to limit that, any ruler would be incentivized to pain the [rich] world as the enemy or make it a crime to affiliate/sympathize with them. this naturally leads to conflict between nations. (I replaced communist/capitalist with poor/rich since that's what your point is actually about.) Are you saying that the poor world is naturally the enemy of the rich world? That the rich world should utilize its power (e.g. using sanctions) to keep the poor world (which in your view is the enemy) weak?