MADNESS American foreign policy is predicated on self determination. People can

MADNESS

American foreign policy is predicated on self determination. People can choose what government they want. But the Americans will hold the government accountable to a variety of standards – including consumer capitalism, and human rights. Assuming a country moves in both of those directions, or at least doesn’t regress against them, there isn’t a policy problem.

If the government is ‘bad’ then even if the people select it and want it, obviously something is not right, so the government can be replaced.

But this is confusing, and unnecessary. First, it’s a two step process. We tell people ‘you have freedom to choose what you want, but don’t choose badly.’ Except we don’t tell them what bad is. And we don’t tell them not to choose it, or we’ll blow up their entire country.

Secondly, there isn’t a lot of evidence that people use democracy wisely. In fact, it looks pretty much the opposite. So our whole self determination and democracy fetish turns out to, scientifically anyway, be wrong.

For example, African and Muslim tribes have used democracy to legitimize taking power to oppress other tribes. Sometimes to commit genocide.

Even, and especially here at home. In america, democracy is just a means of conquering the Protestants.

It’s no different in America. Not at all. It’s just legal violence rather than physical violence.

What’s the difference?

There isn’t any.