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Well for starters, Xi Jinping being the most powerful person on Earth is probably a bad sign for democracy. In their time as the dominant world power, the US h
by missinglugnut 2y ago
Well for starters, Xi Jinping being the most powerful person on Earth is probably a bad sign for democracy.
In their time as the dominant world power, the US hasn't always used their influence for good, but at least its a democracy with some form of constitutionally protected human rights in charge. I much prefer that to having a country with a permanent ruling party where critics go missing being the dominant force in world affairs.
- soperj 2y ago> the US hasn't always used their influence for good This is a bit of an understatement for anyone in latin america. > but at least its a democracy with some form of constitutionally protected human rights in charge as far as i can tell, those only apply to US citizens, not humans in general.
- juunpp 2y agoIf you want to see how much the US cares about democracy, read Noam Chomsky's How The World Works. Or just look down south to Latin America.
- 0x457 2y agoAmerica only cares about spreading democracy if some country they have beef with isn't democratic. America had no issue replacing democratic (and sometimes secular) goverments with dictatorships if dictatorship was more friendly to the US.