

Even if Russia does topple it's despotic leaders they'll still not be trusted on the world stage for decades to come. Yeah, the issue is that given how much the state controls the media it's just as likely the propaganda brainwashing will double down and people will be sucked into it even more. But the ideology and system of governance is deeply important to alliance formation. Yes, the system of governance is hardly the only factor. Finlad and UK, Russia and Georgia are the two counter points and they are bullshit). There's a reason that no actual war has ever broken out between two functionign democracies (and yes, I am well are of the ACKSHUALLYS you can use here to show how wrong I am. But no decision in international relations is taken based on only one factor. Money, resources and guns also play a huge part in in this. This is of course a very core consideration in international relations. The goals of Norway and the US are largely compaitble while this is not as true for Saudi Arabia. That is to say, working with the government of Norway is a lot easier and safer than working with Saudi Arabia, becuase they have transparent and stable political institututions and clear rule of law, making economic deals stable and secure, instead of these deals being contingent upon the whims of a prince. There is tremendous volatility, risk and difficulty of making business with a totalitarian dictatorship, as well as different goals and aspirations of these nations. Even the most hardened "realists" will understand that it is deeply important what system of governance the country has for your relationship. The idea that democratic vs authoritarian countries does not play a significant part even in realpolitik is a bit naive. It’s not a “democratic countries vs authoritarian countries” like they would have you believe. /r/GamePhysics - Clips of game physics shining and glitchingĭesign based on /r/FlatBlue created by /u/creesch./r/gaming4gamers - middle ground between purely-for-fun and more serious subreddits./r/GamingLeaksAndRumours - Leaks and Rumors.

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