Objective benefits of implementation.
1. A less racist West towards the East.
2. A multitude of upsets in the West removed.
3. A clearer comprehension of what an ice cold war should look like to those who predict aggression in the East.
4. Fewer revolutions in the people who find themselves trapped (They will see the freedom of the West as a precursor to encroachment on territories not their own)
The paranoia of the enemy.
It matters slightly, so we do not wish to change because we think it brings about a closer endgame warfare.
Again, you wish to hide amidst your old and stagnant ways, you cannot stop the happening by sticking your head in the sand when advancement knocks on your destiny's door.
Let the dividing commence.