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One perspective is that politics requires participation and that doesn't exist in an authoritarian theocracy. Reversing this isn't Trump's goal, of course. But
by cosmicgadget 6mo ago
One perspective is that politics requires participation and that doesn't exist in an authoritarian theocracy.
Reversing this isn't Trump's goal, of course. But for many, human rights supercedes national sovereignty.
- beardyw 6mo ago> One perspective is that politics requires participation That's democracy, which is one way a country can choose to run itself. It isn't god given.
- cosmicgadget 6mo agoRight however "choose to run itself" is the crux of it. If the choice is made by a royal family or oligarchy or ethnic majority (who often claims godgiven power), should an outside observer simply take the rulers at their word?
- beardyw 6mo agoWhatever, but do they have a right to interfere? The USA is self evidently not a model for democracy. Who's idea of how to run a country should prevail?
- cosmicgadget 6mo agoIt's a messy question that is not worth discussing if you believe that sovereignty belongs to the rulers and not the people.