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Outside of the west, democracy is generally held in contempt. This can be dated at least as far back as Plato. Trump isn't misinformed, he believes that democra
by squeegee5 9y ago
Outside of the west, democracy is generally held in contempt. This can be dated at least as far back as Plato. Trump isn't misinformed, he believes that democracy is contemptible. And whether he is wrong is arguable.
- FridgeSeal 9y agoIf democracy is"contemptible" by the kinds of people that run oppressive, autocratic (soon dictatorial) Orwellian surveillance states that disappear people at the drop of a hat, I'll gladly keep my "contemptible" method of governance please. At least we can (and do) peacefully and easily vote out our leaders for someone we'd rather have.
- squeegee5 9y agoLet's dissect this misplaced moral superiority by comparison. Trump's USA imprisons more people per capita than any other nation. And a disproportionately large number of those people are black men. For five decades, it has increasingly walked back checks and balances on the executive branch. NSA, on behalf of USG, has demonstrated the most complete surveillance of telecommunications on the planet. The Homan Square facility was used by CPD to disappear six thousand people. This is on a tiny scale compared to the work of the Chinese state apparatus, and it was eventually shut down. But it persisted for a decade. The USA isn't better than China by very much. Arguably, it is worse. In any case, it is a far bigger hypocrite.
- AnimalMuppet 9y ago> Trump isn't misinformed, he believes that democracy is contemptible. That's the most frightening thing I've ever heard about a US President. I'm not saying you're wrong, though...