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How many governments have they overthrown for bananas and oil, though?

• garmaine 8y ago
  So?
  • tareqak 8y ago
    Could you please clarify? Are you saying that it's alright to overthrow foreign governments for access to their resources, or that debt traps disguised as foreign aid are worse?
    • garmaine 8y ago
      No I’m implying that whataboutism isn’t an interesting, or useful line of inquiry to respond to.
      • wongarsu 8y ago
        We are in the context of an article about a CIA operation to overthrow an Iranian government, in a comment thread about China having benign foreign policy. I don't think comparing China to the US is whataboutism in this context.
        • garmaine 8y ago
          Whataboutism is a rhetorical technique and not a context dependent determination. If I say “X is bad”, you following up with “but Y is also bad!” is not a logical argument. It carries no persuasive weight in rational discourse.