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Correct, the US doesn't only support totalitarians. However, it does support them. The US support for democracy isn't based on principles is my point, it's base
by mullingitover 6y ago
Correct, the US doesn't only support totalitarians. However, it does support them. The US support for democracy isn't based on principles is my point, it's based on convenience, and the US will merrily crush a democracy and install a dictator if it's in US interests.
- altaria 6y agoAh, this is your mistake. The US support for democracy is absolutely based on principles. It is the exceptions that you're focusing on and trying to use to create some essentialist caricature of the US. Keep in mind that most examples of the US supporting non democratic regimes come from the Cold War, when the thinking was that Communism posed an existential threat to global freedom and democracy and that in the interest of democracy's general preservation and overall victory over tyrannical communism, it was necessary to prop up dictators who would act harshly against the Communist threat. Was this the right move in hindsight? Maybe not. But it was absolutely borne from a desire to preserve global freedom from tyrannical communism.
- vore 6y agoI believe there's a saying: the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
- mullingitover 6y ago> Ah, this is your mistake. The US support for democracy is absolutely based on principles. It is the exceptions that you're focusing on and trying to use to create some essentialist caricature of the US. I honestly don't have to try to make the US into some caricature. The US isn't good or evil, it's a self-interested nation like any other nation and it practices realpolitik like any other nation. I'm simply not putting it on a pedestal and pretending that the actions of the country are anything other than pure self-interest.