This advantage should be completely irrelevant going forward.
Iām not sure I understand what you mean.
Are you saying that basically all countries that democracies might have strategic conflicts with will also become democracies, such that the warfighting advantage democracies have will become irrelevant (since thereāll be a level playing field)? But if thatās what youāre saying, then it seems to me that the advantage would still be relevant in the important sense that any country which ābackslidā from being a democracy would suddenly have a disadvantage in war?
Interesting comment!
Iām not sure I understand what you mean.
Are you saying that basically all countries that democracies might have strategic conflicts with will also become democracies, such that the warfighting advantage democracies have will become irrelevant (since thereāll be a level playing field)? But if thatās what youāre saying, then it seems to me that the advantage would still be relevant in the important sense that any country which ābackslidā from being a democracy would suddenly have a disadvantage in war?