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opportunity costs
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Originally posted by Spanky
If the regime has a good economic policy and is increasing the standard of living for their people. Then yes - co-opt. They are just sowing the seeds of their own destruction and will turn into a stable democracy. But a socialist regime like Myanmar, or a Kleptocracy, like Iraq under Hussein, should never be co-opted. North Korea happens to be both. We should do whatever it takes to undermine these regimes.
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Even if they have a bad economic policy, isn't engagement probably the better strategy? Look at Cuba. For all our efforts to isolate Castro, he's still. Maybe trade with Cuba over the years would have done more to bring him down.
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