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I'm not disputing that Western nations have meddled in these countries too much. But it seems like you're completely absolving these countries and peoples of a

I'm not disputing that Western nations have meddled in these countries too much. But it seems like you're completely absolving these countries and peoples of all responsibility for their country and themselves, that in and of itself seems like the Western elites' "these people can't help themselves" approach. The reality is likely a mix somewhere between the two, variable for each country and circumstance.

tomtimtall 5y ago
Yes, It’s a mix of these people “not being able to help themselves” to fight off foreign government interference, and the foreign government interference. Similar to how people who get mugged are partly to blame for not being able to fight off the mugger. It doesn’t matter how great a nation you have, if US comes along and decides to put in place a dictator to secure low oil prices. If US invaded Norway tomorrow and put a corrupt religious fundamentalist in power, there is absolutely no way you could blame it on the country, the religion or the color of the skin of he people living there.