The genie is really out of the bottle. Yes, OP acknowledges that North Korea will be crumbling, static strategy. The alternative merely prolongs but hardly extends.
Consider that people can emigrate - but they still need to communicate with their family back home. That cannot be prevented ideally as remittances would be a major economic boost. However one cannot allow open exchange of liberal ideas _into_ said represssive country. Censor such communication? People start using homonyms and code-words. That road only serves as an excellent recruitment funnel for the dissidents. Stop emigration? Welcome the Berlin Wall aka swiss cheese
Co-opt private enterprise ? Here I'm slightly optimistic that the degration of service over the medium to long term will be just enough such that a better competitor will emerge that _won't_ co-operate. Even if say 80% of tech people co-operate, there will be 20% who won't give in (thanks RMS, Linus for the inspiration) -> ergo the good guys win in the end, eventually
The said dictators only real long-term hope is for global melt-down, reducing economies to 1850 standards when people may actually put up with repression in exchange for food.
PS. Hell, Strategy A Depoliticization is too cunning !
PSS. Knowledge is power. This satirical article is an example of the genie being out of the bottle too.
Consider that people can emigrate - but they still need to communicate with their family back home. That cannot be prevented ideally as remittances would be a major economic boost. However one cannot allow open exchange of liberal ideas _into_ said represssive country. Censor such communication? People start using homonyms and code-words. That road only serves as an excellent recruitment funnel for the dissidents. Stop emigration? Welcome the Berlin Wall aka swiss cheese
Co-opt private enterprise ? Here I'm slightly optimistic that the degration of service over the medium to long term will be just enough such that a better competitor will emerge that _won't_ co-operate. Even if say 80% of tech people co-operate, there will be 20% who won't give in (thanks RMS, Linus for the inspiration) -> ergo the good guys win in the end, eventually
The said dictators only real long-term hope is for global melt-down, reducing economies to 1850 standards when people may actually put up with repression in exchange for food.
PS. Hell, Strategy A Depoliticization is too cunning !
PSS. Knowledge is power. This satirical article is an example of the genie being out of the bottle too.