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You do agree there’s a difference between Enlightenment principles and authoritarian governments? Not that the US is perfect but they at least acknowledges the
by appleshore 7y ago
You do agree there’s a difference between Enlightenment principles and authoritarian governments? Not that the US is perfect but they at least acknowledges the concept of natural rights. Relativism is a rather dangerous worldview.
- rodgerd 7y agoAsk folks in Chile, Greece, the Philipines, Indonesia, South Korea, Taiwan, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, or Nicaragua - to start with a short list - how American "Enlightenment principles" played out with US support for various dictatorships in those countries.
- redis_mlc 7y agoExcuse me. The US liberated the Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan and South Korea after WW2 from Japanese slavery. As well as a large part of China. Those countries should be eternally grateful to the US. In the case of the Philippines and Indonesia, the US was not under any obligation to do anything. With the Philippines, the original US military plan was to simply bypass them, but it was a pet of MacArthur. For Indonesia, the US defeated the Japanese then told the Dutch to GTFO after 350 years of colonization. Both island nations are close friends of the US until today, with Indonesia doing most military training in the US. The US paid a terrible price in casualties and war materiel. So get your facts straight.