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minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down4·17 hours agoThere is a theory that sanctions against a country with a tyrannical ruler hurt the common people more than the oligarchs / dictator. But eventually they do make life more difficult for that ruler
minus-squarelepinkainen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down4·edit-29 hours agoThe common people are the ones who overthrow the dictator eventually
minus-squareschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·8 hours agoThat happens relatively rarely. Remember the protests in recent years in Thailand, Hong Kong, Iran? They went exactly nowhere.
There is a theory that sanctions against a country with a tyrannical ruler hurt the common people more than the oligarchs / dictator. But eventually they do make life more difficult for that ruler
The common people are the ones who overthrow the dictator eventually
That happens relatively rarely. Remember the protests in recent years in Thailand, Hong Kong, Iran? They went exactly nowhere.