[alex00]

We do not really care about "democracies". We just want friendly governments that are on our side. We are fine with Saudi Arabia which is the exact opposite of a democracy because they are our loyal ally.

We prefer "democracies" because we can covertly influence their elections.

Our democracy is not good either. We still hold elections on Tuesdays, an inconvenience to many. Why not on a Sunday like everyone else? We have just two political parties, no third-party candidate is ever going to get elected.

[EasyMark]

I hope “we” learned our lesson with China and Saudi Arabia. Also the (mostly) failed wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya. The best you can do in a country that doesn’t adhere to principles of democracy is work with them on a limited basis. We will never, ever convince them to be democratic. That will only happen from within the country. For example there have been rumblings of revolt in Iran. Maybe we can provide access of burgeoning democracies to information and resources, but that’s about all we can do, as well as protect new ones like helping Ukraine fight the attempted genocide by Russia against the Ukrainian people. Our democracy is doing fairly well. We have a harsh polarity right now, but I think that is mostly driven by Trump and his MAGA allies. Not sure how that’s going to turn out, but I think Americans are too independently minded to watch Trump just settle in and destroy our country with concentration camps, imprisonment/elimination of his political opponents, iand military occupation of “blue”cities that he has been advertising as part of his campaign.