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You forgot freedom and dignity. There is one source for that in the world, the US. You can flail all day but you won't be able to point to another power that p
by datavirtue 1y ago
You forgot freedom and dignity. There is one source for that in the world, the US.
You can flail all day but you won't be able to point to another power that preserves that chance for everyone.
- Filligree 1y agoThat's impressively ahistorical. How many times have they overthrown a democracy in favour of a US-aligned dictatorship, now? Iran was a functioning, secularizing democracy until the CIA got involved.
- ben_w 1y agoI live somewhere that exemplifies "another power that preserves that chance for everyone". Streets around here are paved with small brass plaques to remind people of what happens if you fail to preserve that for everyone.