"It would be nice to see Western nations focus on building their own economies and infrastructure instead of punishing other nations that don't want to live the way they do".
They do for the most part, but when people start getting gunned down and killed in the streets (note – only the government troops and security personnel have them, since private ownership is banned, so it is truly an unfair fight – a cautionary tale for others), and failed states cause mass-migrations, then Western nations need to consider interceding on behalf of the innocent people, in addition to their own self-interests as well.
Venezuela is a prime example of that. Once a reasonably prosperous country, with one of, if not the largest oil deposits in the Western Hemisphere (depending upon which sources you choose to believe), it is now an economic basket-case, due to poor leadership, corruption, and socialist policies.
People there can't afford food, or toilet paper, so have been forced to leave their homeland in droves to try to survive.
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