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Yep, spreading democracy and freedom is PR. I think there's a historical preference to installing or supporting a dictator rather than a messy democracy. There'
by altacc 2y ago
Yep, spreading democracy and freedom is PR. I think there's a historical preference to installing or supporting a dictator rather than a messy democracy. There's several cases where democratic elections delivered a government the US didn't agree with, so they orchestrated regime change.
- arandomusername 2y agoExactly. Even in Ukraine, Yanukovych was democratically elected [1] and US was potentially involved in overthrowing him [2] [1] https://www.oscepa.org/en/news-a-media/press-releases/press-2010/international-observers-say-ukrainian-election-was-free-and-fair#:~:text=International%20monitors,of%20irregularities. https://www.oscepa.org/en/news-a-media/press-releases/press-... [2] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957