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UK: Without swift action China could pose existential threat to liberal democracy, parliamentary committee says (www.theguardian.com)
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[โ€“] animist@lemmy.one -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

liberal democracies pose existential threats to liberal democracies

[โ€“] 0x815@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't know what you want to say, but dictatorships certainly pose such a threat.

[โ€“] pizzaiolo@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think the commenter was alluding to the fact that democracies like the US have supported regime overthrows that ended democracy for several countries

[โ€“] letmesleep@feddit.de -2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but only clandestinely. I don't have any trouble finding examples of America openly invading dictatorships, but their involvement in overthrowing democracies was always quite indirect. I.e. it only worked because those places weren't stable enough to begin with.

Please don't misunderstand me, allegedly helping to overthrow Allende was still bad, but it's somewhat soothing to know that they didn't feel save enough to do that publicly.