Because they have a point. People justify the actions of the US constantly with the argument that they are a 'force for freedom and democracy in a world of tyra

Because they have a point. People justify the actions of the US constantly with the argument that they are a 'force for freedom and democracy in a world of tyranny', or something to that effect. Just last week I had a discussion on HN with people who were rooting for the US to be the first to develop autonomous AI killer drone swarms, because clearly the US of all nations could be trusted to use such technology without devolving into a police state like China or Russia would. I'd love to share their optimism, but such arguments and sentiments are meaningless if the US is just going to behave like Russia and China anyways. And I think the more valid concern there anyways is the 'race to the bottom' part, not necessarily the 'moral equivalence' part