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The representative democracy part doesn’t stop the US from backing other repressive regimes around the world, from South America to Vietnam, in order to serve i
by chillacy 8y ago
The representative democracy part doesn’t stop the US from backing other repressive regimes around the world, from South America to Vietnam, in order to serve its own interests. The US having a representative government doesn’t seem to make us treat the people of other nations any better.
- thereare5lights 8y agoLike I've been saying, so many people here with rose tinted glasses.
- yellowapple 8y agoThe alternatives to those repressive regimes were... other repressive regimes, or regimes that were guaranteed to become quickly repressive based on the histories of both the USSR and China.
- chillacy 8y agoHah, I think guaranteed might be too strong a word to use in matters of a historical what if. Regardless, you don’t have to convince me as much as people living in those countries that the US is working in their interests. And the optics aren’t good right now.
- yellowapple 8y agoIndeed the optics aren't good, but perception != reality. That perception exists because the bad tends to be more visible than the good in general (and for good reason; if something bad is happening, we should by all means be calling it out as loudly as possible). When things are going good (or even just okay), that usually ain't exactly newsworthy. America's dirty laundry is more visible than China's; doesn't mean it's actually dirtier.