What factors would an advocate of democracy and capitalism consider when using confrontation as a strategy in?

Question

North Korea?

Make a case for whether the advocate should or should not use confrontation.

Answer 1

An advocate of democracy would only use confrontation in a situation where their own ability to rule themselves under their own consent were threatened beyond reasonable doubts, AND they were certain of invading the correct origin of that threat.
It is just as undemocratic for a country of elected leaders to occupy a country which tolerates dictatorship, as it is for an elite body (such as a dictatorship or oligarchy) to rule the people in a way they do not wish to be ruled.
The only way an advocate of democracy is justified in invading a foreign country is if that country has removed the possibility of the people to choose to resist -- that would take something like a subdermal ID chip in every person, with a tiny dose of some deadly toxin that could be released by a government radio signal, or something loony that we haven't quite invented yet......we still haven't found out how to totally remove choice from everyone, short of putting everyone in a prison cell.

As far as capitalism, well that depends first on your definiton of capitalism..... I always saw it as a state of the free market where the rich have used their economic resources to maintain and increase their power to an extent that a very few control everything, while a free or ALMOST entirely free market could operate outside of that state.
Sort of like monarchy CAN operate outside of tyranny and republic CAN operate outside of oligarchy.

So if you advocate a free market of any people, then invasion doesn't help them. But if you advocate that kind of capitalism I defined above, then confrontation might be to your advantage at home and abroad, especially if you hold stock in military manufacturing companies....

Answer 2

If you back a man into a wall you had better be willing and able to knock him down or get knocked down. A person of wisdom doesn't corner an animal it wishes to get under control, it figures out a way to draw it in and it is the same with North Korea, we can not bully them, it doesn't work. If we treat them with some respect and find some common ground on which to build a positive relationship it only stands to reason that we will accomplish more.

Answer 3

Show North Korea how its southern neighbor prosper because of democracy and capitalism.

Answer 4

Nonconfrontation, Democracy isn't really that attractive imposed with the barrell of a gun.