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> A country that so hates its own constitutional democracy cannot possibly support the democracy of other nations. The whole "support democracy" thing has been
by lenerdenator 1y ago
> A country that so hates its own constitutional democracy cannot possibly support the democracy of other nations.
The whole "support democracy" thing has been a ruse for a while now. Democracy has become a synonym for "human rights", and that's always been for sale. Not just in the US, either. The last 35 years have been characterized by exporting economic infrastructure from the US (and West at large) to a place that specifically does not support democracy because, hey, it's cheaper to make stuff there, and line need go up.
Hell, touching on the Middle East, the only reason the region has a seat at the international table at all is because we're willing to look past the abysmal human rights record so long as the oil stays cheap. Otherwise it's a bunch of arid land with very strict rules. Not exactly the kind of place progress and development flock to.
This isn't just an American thing, but it's certainly applicable here.
- bongodongobob 1y agoYou've got to be kidding me. If anything, the synonym would be "allows US business interests to pillage their resources." Every time a foreign nation attempts to nationalize a resource, we come in and destabilize their government, install a western friendly autocrat, and install our global businesses to extract their resources.
- lenerdenator 1y agoIf we were as venomous as you seem to charge, China wouldn't look anything like it does today, but otherwise, you're saying much the same thing as I am.
- bongodongobob 1y agoI couldn't tell if you meant human rights sarcastically or not. It's hard to tell these days.