• Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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      14 hours ago

      I was thinking more European countries, since the discussion was, you know, foreign countries hosting US military bases

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        13 hours ago

        So-called “liberal democracy” works pretty much the exact same way it does in Europe (or anywhere else) as it does in the US.

        Ie, it’s 95% capitalism and 5% fake democracy substitute (the ratios vary slightly but never by much). And, like “liberal democracy” everywhere, the 5% fake democracy substitute will be rapidly replaced with 5% very not-fake fascism if you threaten the 95% capitalism part in any way whatsoever.

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          13 hours ago

          So-called “liberal democracy” works pretty much the exact same way it does in Europe (or anywhere else) as it does in the US.

          Lol no. Much of Europe ranks much higher in all sort of democracy, press freedom etc indexes. Not all liberal democracies are created equal.

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            10 hours ago

            I’m guessing you’re having a real hard time understanding that there is absolutely NOTHING democratic about so-called “liberal democracy,” eh?

            Why is that? Is the new information clashing with your programming?