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> they tend to be better than most Domestically, maybe. Internationally, well - ask those on the receiving end of US geopolitical and military shenanigans.
by cpursley 3y ago
> they tend to be better than most
Domestically, maybe. Internationally, well - ask those on the receiving end of US geopolitical and military shenanigans.
- preciousoo 3y agoEven the word maybe is doing a lot of heavy lifting
- HDThoreaun 3y agoAsk anyone on the receiving end of any geopolitical or military shenanigans how they feel about it. Most nations are far more disrespectful toward other nations they get involved with, they just have less power.
- cpursley 3y agoHow many nations has China bombed in Africa? They’re quite involved there - building infrastructure, laying rail. Can you point to any US funded infrastructure projects there in the last 20 years?
- rich_sasha 3y agoWell, clearly. That's my point: that paired with, IMO, a really decent set of values, pragmatism and a will to lead, there's also some quota for such "geopolitical and military shenanigans". Which is disappointing.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> Internationally, well - ask those on the receiving end of US geopolitical and military shenanigans Japan, Korea and Europe, for instance? The Philippines? We're not great. But we're better than our colonial predecessors, or their imperial precursors.
- NikkiA 3y agoAnywhere in the middle east, anywhere in south east asia, Grenada, A dozen or so countries in Africa, anywhere in Central America or South America. But it's ok, they don't teach you these things in US schools.
- cpursley 3y agoThe US treated the Philippines absolutely horribly and its still a basket case today. South Korea for most of its post WW2 life has been a totalitarian dictatorship. Europe was already civilized and fairly democratic before US occupation.