> US is loosing more and more of its standing when it comes to "spreading" democracy. The US was only ever seen as a spreader of democracy in contrast to the S

> US is loosing more and more of its standing when it comes to "spreading" democracy. The US was only ever seen as a spreader of democracy in contrast to the Soviet Union/Fascist Europe/European Empires. And it was, but no one knowledgable of the US thought it was an unmitigated assessment! You can definitely compare the US favorably to China in regards to democracy and freedom but no one should be fooled that we don't have perpetual work to make a more perfect union.