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There is literally not a single democracy in the middle east, not one. If you wanna call me racist (is middle east a race?) for saying something glaringly obvio
by joelbluminator 5y ago
There is literally not a single democracy in the middle east, not one. If you wanna call me racist (is middle east a race?) for saying something glaringly obvious go ahead. Btw some people simply look down on democracy, like China. They truly believe they have a better system. So its not for everyone, definitely not in the middle east.
- runarberg 5y agoDepending on where you draw the line for middle east, and what counts as a democracy Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Yemen, Iraq, Kurdish autonomous regions, Afghanistan, and more have currently (or in recent history) had democracies. Those that have had democracy and lost it have done so usually because of foreign influence and wars (e.g. Afghanistan), although some have gained it because of wars (Kurdish autonomous regions). Now none of these might count as a true democracy in your books, and that is fine, but it is far from obvious. I don’t think it is fair to generalize over such a vast region by making grand statements like “they truly believe...”. In fact most Kurdish autonomous regions were pretty quick to adopt democracy as their system of choise after they liberated them self from the Islamic State terrorist group during the Syrian civil war. And popular pro-democracy uprisings in Yemen would suggest counter to your statement.