1:03:00 Maybe you just have to create the right financial incentive structure for people to embrace democracy. Scnr. Edit: I completely unironically appreciate what America has done world wide for democracy. Nevertheless, a highly ideological stance towards the relationship between the state and "private" property does not necessarily help, not least as the current economic system does not only provide opportunities for democratic participation but also creates considerable forces hindering participation and furthering a frightening concentration of power. One should be aware, that an exalted role bestowed to individual will power when it comes to solving societal problems is not a unique feature of Liberalism, but is also found in other anti-intellectual ideologies, like Maoism.
No informed individual takes US rule of law seriously. "Thus, it should be understood that when pro-US figures use the term, “rules-based international order,” they are not referring to anything analogous to the rule of law. Quite the opposite, they are using Orwellian language to describe a system in which essentially no rules can be established and/or observed, given that the dominant state has the prerogative to violate and/or rewrite “rules” at its whim." Good, Aaron. American Exception: Empire and the Deep State (p. 42). "So the banking industry perpetrates a huge fraud on the American public and its court system, stealing people’s homes in the process, and the first reaction of the Obama administration is to announce that it has no intention of criminally investigating the practice, while the first response of Congress is to draft legislation to retroactively legalize what was done and prevent any lawsuits against the bankers. There, in a nutshell, is proof of how completely unraveled the rule of law in America has become." Greenwald, Glenn. With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law is Used To Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful (p. 143).
We can strive to protect human rights, but why democracy? Technically speaking, Russia and Iran have democracy, democratic held elections and to select their leaders.... of course then would go into different definitions & debate of democracy vs autocracy that is very difficult to differentiate. Why not the definition should be that people are free and live well, no poverty and has equal opportunities... and can be monarchy that offers it too. Why the world must operate in one model? If the people are free to travel, the unpopular country will become empty. Simple. That's real democracy.
The fundamental quality of democracy versus other notions of governance is *participation of the governed* No one can argue against democracy without contradicting themselves. If they don't want to participate, they wouldn't be speaking up.
"What happened in Brazil in 1964 and Indonesia in 1965 may have been the most important victories of the Cold War for the side that ultimately won-that is, the United States and the global economic system now in operation." "Most shockingly, and most importantly for this book, the two events led to the creation of a monstrous international network of extermination-that is, the systematic mass murder of civilians-across many more countries, which played a fundamental role in building the world we all live in today." Bevins, Vincent. The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World (p. 2).
How could America brings democracy to the world, when themselves destroyed other countries democracy? Iran is example, during the shah not only Iran , also all regions had democracy, look at Middle East since Iran revolution which accord by the CARTER and his European allies policies?
"What happened in Brazil in 1964 and Indonesia in 1965 may have been the most important victories of the Cold War for the side that ultimately won-that is, the United States and the global economic system now in operation." "Most shockingly, and most importantly for this book, the two events led to the creation of a monstrous international network of extermination-that is, the systematic mass murder of civilians-across many more countries, which played a fundamental role in building the world we all live in today." Bevins, Vincent. The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World (p. 2).
1:03:00 Maybe you just have to create the right financial incentive structure for people to embrace democracy. Scnr.
Edit: I completely unironically appreciate what America has done world wide for democracy. Nevertheless, a highly ideological stance towards the relationship between the state and "private" property does not necessarily help, not least as the current economic system does not only provide opportunities for democratic participation but also creates considerable forces hindering participation and furthering a frightening concentration of power. One should be aware, that an exalted role bestowed to individual will power when it comes to solving societal problems is not a unique feature of Liberalism, but is also found in other anti-intellectual ideologies, like Maoism.
Governance and the rule of law are the main ingredients of a thriving society and I'm glad to hear influential voices for it, especially on the right.
No informed individual takes US rule of law seriously.
"Thus, it should be understood that when pro-US figures use the term, “rules-based international order,” they are not referring to anything analogous to the rule of law. Quite the opposite, they are using Orwellian language to describe a system in which essentially no rules can be established and/or observed, given that the dominant state has the prerogative to violate and/or rewrite “rules” at its whim."
Good, Aaron. American Exception: Empire and the Deep State (p. 42).
"So the banking industry perpetrates a huge fraud on the American public and its court system, stealing people’s homes in the process, and the first reaction of the Obama administration is to announce that it has no intention of criminally investigating the practice, while the first response of Congress is to draft legislation to retroactively legalize what was done and prevent any lawsuits against the bankers. There, in a nutshell, is proof of how completely unraveled the rule of law in America has become."
Greenwald, Glenn. With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law is Used To Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful (p. 143).
Despicable warmongers
Neoclowns.
We can strive to protect human rights, but why democracy? Technically speaking, Russia and Iran have democracy, democratic held elections and to select their leaders.... of course then would go into different definitions & debate of democracy vs autocracy that is very difficult to differentiate.
Why not the definition should be that people are free and live well, no poverty and has equal opportunities... and can be monarchy that offers it too. Why the world must operate in one model? If the people are free to travel, the unpopular country will become empty. Simple. That's real democracy.
The fundamental quality of democracy versus other notions of governance is *participation of the governed* No one can argue against democracy without contradicting themselves. If they don't want to participate, they wouldn't be speaking up.
"What happened in Brazil in 1964 and Indonesia in 1965 may have been the most important victories of the Cold War for the side that ultimately won-that is, the United States and the global economic system now in operation."
"Most shockingly, and most importantly for this book, the two events led to the creation of a monstrous international network of extermination-that is, the systematic mass murder of civilians-across many more countries, which played a fundamental role in building the world we all live in today."
Bevins, Vincent. The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World (p. 2).
How could America brings democracy to the world, when themselves destroyed other countries democracy? Iran is example, during the shah not only Iran , also all regions had democracy, look at Middle East since Iran revolution which accord by the CARTER and his European allies policies?
"What happened in Brazil in 1964 and Indonesia in 1965 may have been the most important victories of the Cold War for the side that ultimately won-that is, the United States and the global economic system now in operation."
"Most shockingly, and most importantly for this book, the two events led to the creation of a monstrous international network of extermination-that is, the systematic mass murder of civilians-across many more countries, which played a fundamental role in building the world we all live in today."
Bevins, Vincent. The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World (p. 2).