There are several ways in which being nonaligned would have offered an advantage and disadvantage to a developing nation during the Cold War, but in general they would have been able to trade with both sides.
I solely believe that the government does not represent the people that we were built to be. I feel that they only care for the money and power that they all have, and do not care for us. The government's job is to represent the people, and when we have government restrictions they are truly not representing the way we should be. We are a democracy, that was built on the people, and is represented by the people. <span />