Dispute this given some successes ie Syria. The point is not ‘regime change’ though it’s the US in global affairs. Which when we look at policy in Israel or Ukraine or counterterrorism holds up. Not a fan of the simplistic term when so much more is happening.

Democracy is about having a choice, not about being picky. If you’re from a place that’s had to fight for it and work between both of those parties you would know.

Exactly. These people are not morally sound.

Still totalitarianism, which is a current that doesn’t have much differentiation from ML Stalinism.

Ugh dbzero poster

You’re genuinely a Russian/Chinese bot if you believe those things. Sorry.

I’m sorry, I see this sort of rhetoric a lot and it’s understandable, but it’s also wrong. The U.S. fundamentally protects voter rights because of their constitution (in a similar way that gun ownership is hard to restrict) and this means there’s multiple levels of enforcement. Voter fraud and accusations of such from the both the left and right are fairly baseless and frankly ideological. While it might seem like craziness, saying the current state of affairs is undemocratic at best leads to backslide (like in this Arab country) and at worst tankie-style abolition of all rights.

As much as we can and should critique unethical practices in international business, they made a personal decision vis-a-vis purchasing land for development. I have little trust in the NGO industrial complex to accurately surmise what’s going on. The oversight needs oversight.