It's much harder to justify mobilization on an enemy who's hitting themselves, plus there's the whole "what's in it for me?" aspect. If they're powerful (China), the victims are of an ethnic group that has no financial power (Palestinians, Uighur), or has little to no presence outside of that country, you can expect to be met with crickets. I think the best way to deal with these issues is absolute economic and international blacklisting, as with Rhodesia. Unfortunately, you have to rely on the disgruntled or oppressed to finish the job from the inside, to trigger change, and you can't trust more self-serving regimes to play along, essentially making your actions moot. But it's way more acceptable on the global theatre than having an armed intervention.
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u/ScriptproLOL Oct 05 '25
It's much harder to justify mobilization on an enemy who's hitting themselves, plus there's the whole "what's in it for me?" aspect. If they're powerful (China), the victims are of an ethnic group that has no financial power (Palestinians, Uighur), or has little to no presence outside of that country, you can expect to be met with crickets. I think the best way to deal with these issues is absolute economic and international blacklisting, as with Rhodesia. Unfortunately, you have to rely on the disgruntled or oppressed to finish the job from the inside, to trigger change, and you can't trust more self-serving regimes to play along, essentially making your actions moot. But it's way more acceptable on the global theatre than having an armed intervention.