[ SECRET POST #3180 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3180 ⌋

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Comments

Isolationism

[(Anonymous)]

What do you think of it?

Re: Isolationism

[(Anonymous)]

is this when a country only didles with itself?

Re: Isolationism

[(Anonymous)]

I was fine with it until I realised I was a solipsist.

Re: Isolationism

[forgottenjester]

It's lonely.

Re: Isolationism

[making_excuses]

Nothing at all, except if it is an exam question then I'd have loads of thoughts on it.

Mostly in the lines of: What about Human Rights, Science, Medicine, what about food if your crops doesn't go well. How are your people getting an education? How will you cope if there is a disaster?

Re: Isolationism

[insanenoodlyguy]

Impossible in the modern age and global economy

Re: Isolationism

[(Anonymous)]

Nah. It's totally still possible.

Re: Isolationism

[insanenoodlyguy]

Explain

Re: Isolationism

[(Anonymous)]

Go fuck yourself

Re: Isolationism

[herpymcderp]

Not an explanation. Methinks you have no point.

Re: Isolationism

[(Anonymous)]

Me thinks you are a pathetic shrimpy weasel of a man.

Re: Isolationism

[herpymcderp]

Such projection. Wow. My life is good enough that I don't have to harass people on the internet, and I am not weaselly enough to insult people anonymously.

I am skinny, though. How awful for me. It's like I'm really healthy or something.

Re: Isolationism

[dethtoll]

What happened, nonny, were my fanclub's dues too expensive?

Re: Isolationism

[(Anonymous)]

i think it's about the thing, with the thing

Re: Isolationism

[dethtoll]

I'm actually aware of the thing. Just saying, this kinda low-rent bullshit is more becoming of my own fanclub.

Re: Isolationism

[(Anonymous)]

yeah it's definitely low-rent bullshit, i can agree with you onthat

Re: Isolationism

[forgottenjester]

You get DUES?! Genius.

Re: Isolationism

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think it's impossible if we're talking in a foreign-policy sense.

If we're talking in an economic autarky sense, then yes, obviously that is completely batshit.

Re: Isolationism

[herpymcderp]

But the internet tho.

Re: Isolationism

[dreemyweird]

It doesn't work. The socioeconomical results really aren't great, and since it's the 21st century, one has to remember that an isolated country will still get ecologically screwed over, too.

Re: Isolationism

[(Anonymous)]

It depends on what you mean by isolationism. A policy of complete withdrawal from the world is practically impossible. But I think when most people talk about isolationism, they're referring to a more limited policy - basically, not fucking with other countries' affairs in a military and political sense, not spending a lot of time dealing with international organizations, stuff like that. Obviously, you have to have some kind of diplomatic engagement with the world. You have to maintain relationships with other countries, you have to have trade links, you have to pay a modicum of respect to the UN, etc.

However - in a specifically American context - while I would be comfortable with a less active and more neutral American foreign policy, at the end of the day, there is a reason isolationism is a minority view. Because it's almost always beneficial to try to maintain regional balances of power and to try to aid allies almost anywhere in the world. It's just really hard to argue that isolationism is better for American interests, under almost any definition. I think the minimum you can argue for is off-shore balancing, from an interests perspective. And so then you have to try to make a moral argument, and as we all know, that has not historically been a very strong argument in foreign policy.

Re: Isolationism

[raspberryrain]

Bleeaah.

Protectionism can be justifiable due to circumstance. Minding one's own business can be laudable to a point. Isolationism, however, is the privilege of the isolated, which isn't very many of us. I think Japan pulled it off once.