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Moderate? Hardly. - The war on drugs is utterly radical, as well ineffective and brutally oppressive. - Assassinating people (including Americans) by Drone st
by gizmo 11y ago
Moderate? Hardly.
- The war on drugs is utterly radical, as well ineffective and brutally oppressive.
- Assassinating people (including Americans) by Drone strikes, based on "meta data". No due process or oversight.
- Disregard for the Geneva Conventions (Bombings of hospitals and other civilian targets)
- Torture. Including public defense of torture.
- NSA. Privacy used to be an inalienable right.
- Military bases in 200+ countries.
The list goes on, but I think I've made my point. The US is only "moderate" for the most creative definitions of "moderate".
- titzer 11y ago74 countries according to this article: http://qz.com/374138/these-are-all-the-countries-where-the-us-has-a-military-presence/ http://qz.com/374138/these-are-all-the-countries-where-the-u... Point stands, nonetheless. That's a lot.
- gizmo 11y agoI appreciate the correction.
- flurpitude 11y agoDon't forget considering universal healthcare to be an abomination.
- ajkjk 11y agoYeah, those things you quoted don't seem like counterexamples. Compare to: assassinations as regular political tools, enslavement of minorities, internment camps, genocide, religious warfare, an utter lack of rule of law, hereditary rule, .. I think we're doing pretty well compared to civilizations of yore.