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As I see it, America has always had a big issue with cults of personality since WWII and will do close to anything to get rid of them, including the 'democratic

As I see it, America has always had a big issue with cults of personality since WWII and will do close to anything to get rid of them, including the 'democratically' elected, whatever that actually means. While the public foreign policy statement is something like 'oh, if your people elect you, you're a-ok' it's much more like 'if you're a friend of the U.S. and don't do anything we find objectionable, you're a-ok'. Objectionable being, basically murdering your own people enmasse and or giving signs that you're not going to be a benevolent dictator, or trying to get more than conventional weapons.

pessimizer 13y ago
>As I see it, America has always had a big issue with cults of personality since WWII Where exactly have you seen this? >While the public foreign policy statement is something like 'oh, if your people elect you, you're a-ok' it's much more like 'if you're a friend of the U.S. and don't do anything we find objectionable, you're a-ok'. Objectionable being, basically murdering your own people enmasse and or giving signs that you're not going to be a benevolent dictator, or trying to get more than conventional weapons. How exactly did Mossadegh, Allende, or Arbenz fall under this rule of thumb? The US has a history of overthrowing democratically elected leaders and installing mass murdering despots who were friendly to gigantic US businesses. Has the US ever overthrown a dictator in favor of democratic elections?