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>You shouldn't try to help people in other countries, period So when oppressed people inside an imperfect country are pleading for help from another imperfect
by mygo 9y ago
>You shouldn't try to help people in other countries, period
So when oppressed people inside an imperfect country are pleading for help from another imperfect country which is capable of helping,
The country being begged to help should go “sorry, we’re imperfect, can’t help. Besides, even though you’re asking for our help and we can certainly help, we’re not the global police, so we can’t help you.”
- dagw 9y agoThere's help and there's help. Are we talking help as in sending temporary emergency relief after a natural disaster or famine or help as in ousting a democratically elected leader and replacing him with a puppet dictator?
- mygo 9y agoAsk the guy who said “You shouldn't try to help people in other countries, period” to clarify. Side note, being democratically elected does not mean your country is a democracy. Hitler was democratically elected. Doesn’t change the fact that he consolidated power after the fact. And interestingly enough China, the topic of this thread, is consolidating power. This week their administration has announced their plans to abolish presidential term limits, clearing way for their president to remain in power indefinitely.