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Sure, since in the last 20 years US invaded Iraq, Afganistan and Lybia while PRC invaded 0 countries.
by drno123 4y ago
Sure, since in the last 20 years US invaded Iraq, Afganistan and Lybia while PRC invaded 0 countries.
- ALittleLight 4y agoAuthoritarianism is not measured by invasion count.
- sudosysgen 4y agoIt can't be used alone, but invasion or not destroying the lives of dozens of millions of people violently for marginal gain is authoritarian and it's the essence of the problem with authoritarianism.
- aesthesia 4y agoAuthoritarianism and military aggression are not the same thing.
- jjcon 4y ago"Invaded" language and situational nuance aside, that has everything to do with superpower status and nothing to do with being authoritarian...
- foverzar 4y agoI don't really get why people imply that these two are somehow disconnected. A global superpower that systematically employs military agression to impose its will somewhere far away around the globe is definitely authoritarian. Even if it had managed to create a convincing brand of democracy benifiting only, like, 5% of global population.
- jjcon 4y agoBecause those events specifically are not connected to authoritarianism - and more generally military might is not is not authoritarian at least not directly. We’re talking how governments govern, not their ability to project power. EG - North Korea is the most authoritarian state in the world but we haven’t seen them “invade” anyone “in the last 20 years”. The two are not directly related.
- _-david-_ 4y agoCould you remind me which country took over Hong Kong and which country is trying to take land from India?