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It wasn't very different 70ish years ago. I don't get why folks think that the West is a stellar beacon of freedom; it is quite possible for conditions to relap
by Ar-Curunir 8y ago
It wasn't very different 70ish years ago. I don't get why folks think that the West is a stellar beacon of freedom; it is quite possible for conditions to relapse to the period of the British Empire, for example.
- frereubu 8y agoYou're looking for an argument that I don't want to have by taking what I said and twisting it to include historical aspects of those democracies when that clearly wasn't what was being talked about. I'm aware of the horrific histories of many Western democracies, including the UK (empire), Belgium (Congo), Germany (Holocaust) etc. The parent comment was comparing present-day nation states, which is overheated.