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Cuba is way ahead of North Korea in terms of basic human rights. The Cuban government aren't saints by any means, but to put them on one level with whatever/who
by bayesianhorse 11y ago
Cuba is way ahead of North Korea in terms of basic human rights. The Cuban government aren't saints by any means, but to put them on one level with whatever/whoever is ruling North Korea is unfair to them.
In Cuba, the authorities even have trouble locking dissidents up, more often than not. In NK, mass executions and mass imprisonment are the norm, and the differences between prison, labor and army service is at best murky.
- digi_owl 11y agoNever mind that Brazil has had its "fair" share of dictatorships. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_military_government https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_military_government And i really wonder how long the democracy will last if they get too uppity towards US policies... In the end the Monroe doctrine still seems to be adhered to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Doctrine
- bayesianhorse 11y agoI think the ability of the US government to influence democracy is largely overestimated. They can't introduce it and they can't exactly stop it, either.
- digi_owl 11y agoThey tried their damnedest to stop it in Iran...
- bayesianhorse 11y agoThe thing is that there have been US interventions and we tend to assume that it has an effect. But that can't ever be confirmed or ruled out. In Iran's case, who says without US interventions a democracy would have survived the conservative muslim beliefs in the population?