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Drawbacks are that your population loses contact with progress. Your people become less skilled for the modern world. That's fine if you want a country of agr
by AnimalMuppet 9mo ago
Drawbacks are that your population loses contact with progress. Your people become less skilled for the modern world. That's fine if you want a country of agrarian peasants or factory-working drones, but it cripples your country if it's in a technological arms race.
I mean, North Korea does manage to produce rockets and nuclear warheads. They aren't exporting technology, though.
- egorfine 9mo ago> your population loses contact with progress This is only a drawback if you think about your country's future. Which oppressive regimes do not. Thus it is an advantage, not a drawback.
- AnimalMuppet 9mo agoYes and no. Take someone like Putin. He wants to be an oppressive regime, but also he wants Russia to be militarily strong. Well, militarily strong is highly tied to technological progress these days. He can force his people into human wave attacks. And that is dangerous enough to perhaps take Ukraine. It's a different story if he actually attacks NATO, though.
- egorfine 9mo agoOh no worries. Those who are commuting daily to lay down flight paths for russian missiles to kill Ukrainians - those have unrestricted internet access.
- im3w1l 9mo agoI wouldn't be so sure about this. I think people who don't give a shit about society or politics or human rights abuses and only care about advancing cool technology can participate in and drive progress.