How can a Nation-state follow a deliberate non-capitalist economic strategy if it's constantly under the threat of being subjected to harsh economic sanctions by the largest world economies? Can the fact that no solid alternatives to capitalism have emerged since the Russian Revolution be a surprise to anyone by now? Or the trick here is just to play stupid and dumb and act like every society is free to follow its own priorities with no kind of external interference?
"[E]conomic sanctions imposed by the USA or the EU were associated with 564 258 deaths (95% CI 367 838–760 677) annually from 1971 to 2021, higher than the annual number of battle-related casualties (106 000 deaths). This finding aligns with a previous Article in The Lancet Global Health showing the lethal effects of aid sanctions—economic sanctions specifically targeting development assistance in low-income or middle-income countries (LMICs)—which resulted in a 3·1% increase in infant mortality and a 6·4% increase in maternal mortality annually between 1990 and 2019.
Sanctions are restrictive foreign policy tools that are commonly applied to broad economic transactions, with the punitive aim of coercing behaviour change, such as stopping human rights violations or promoting democracy. According to the Global Sanctions Database, the frequency and duration of sanctions have consistently grown since 1950, while their success rate of achieving the stated aim remains at about 30%."
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(25)00278-5/fulltext
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