> Eastern European countries demonstrate clearly that's the system they want to be in Please don't say that. 40 year of soviet rule (and hundreds of years of o

> Eastern European countries demonstrate clearly that's the system they want to be in Please don't say that. 40 year of soviet rule (and hundreds of years of other calamity compared to western states) will do that to the general population. At most they are more easily deceived by populist regimes when the time of voting comes, but the laymen, when asked, will never say "things are going good in the country". I do believe economically more advanced, democratic states in the world have an obligation to further their own systems in countries where quality of life is clearly lower - even just for their own economic gain (new markets, trade agreements etc.)