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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think liberal democracies are favored around the world but malevolent people with enough money and power have pushed false or misleading narratives in a way that support the rest of your narrative.[/quote]

This! And the Israeli-Palestine conflict is complex and nuanced. Palestinians are not bad, Hamas is. Israel is not bad; it’s trying to survive in a region that wants it destroyed. There are numerous groups that hate each other and call that land home based on a long history of conflict/power changes.

Russia is bad however that is true. But they demographics don’t support being anything but a regional player in the coming future. Invading Ukraine is their last gasp.[/quote]

Well like anything, execution is key.  Trump being President in our Democracy sucked yet he's able to do so because we are Democratic society.  So I get why people in the world may want another form of gov depending on how their current govt rules.  In other words, a dictator who is a good ruler in my mind is preferred over Trump ruling.  Singapore had in the past an amazing awesome leader who really knew how to make his country awesome but objectively he was not exactly welcomed by all.  History is full of such examples.  Just because the people hate or love someone at the helm is not proof of their abilities.  From this perspective I'm cynical that Democracy is indeed the best form of govt.  Look at the circus of our current elections.  The first emperor of China for example was hated by all for wanting to fight all the provinces in order to unify China.  He believed unification would lead to stability and strength but nobody wanted to change their system.  He had to basically wrestle everyone and beat them down to get to his goal since he didn't have their buy in.  I think on some level governments and people are never going to align consistently and you never really know when the right idea is until the hindsight of history reveals.  I think human nature is very slow to change if at all changeable.  What people have always known they want to continue so even if we regard their govt as a disaster, perspectives change when you don't have objectivity. [/quote]

Ok. Shrug. I like democracy. Let’s have America keep its democracy and folks who do not want it are free to relocate to China or Russia or what ever autocratic nightmare they want.[/quote]

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