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Is the US somehow unique in history for this? If the US is simply better at it, isn't that relevant? It's not like other (former) superpowers didn't do the ex

Is the US somehow unique in history for this? If the US is simply better at it, isn't that relevant? It's not like other (former) superpowers didn't do the exact same things: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_involvement_in_regime_change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_involvement_in_regime_c... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_involvement_in_regime_change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_involvement_in_regime_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Third_World_relations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Third_World_relations

diordiderot 4y ago
Touché. I suppose inwardly focused benevolent systems wouldn't spread because they wouldn't want overthrow other systems
- alex_sf 4y ago
  Can a benevolent system be inwardly focused? How benevolent is it to ignore your neighbor? If we say that it's not a pretend virtue to care about democracy and freedom around the world, then wouldn't it would be a reasonable imperative to interact with the world?