I think the parent is not conflating at all, you are separating the same issue into two different issues.
Democratic means very little unless:
- Everyone in the nation voted
- All votes were equally well informed on what they were voting for.
- All parties running were held account to what they were promising.
Americans love going on about democracy as if it's a universal truth of virtue. Yet they live in a corporate plutocracy.
Seriously wiping out tens of thousands of people in the name of "spreading freedom and democracy" is far worse than anything any (all?) organised crime has ever done.
There is no occupying army in North Korea or Iran, but they still feel the force US lead aggression through use of sanctions.
Don't read this as a defence of the mafia and organised crime. They are (for the most part) an extremely destructive force on society. But they are little-league compared to the U.S war/propaganda machine.
Democratic means very little unless:
- Everyone in the nation voted
- All votes were equally well informed on what they were voting for.
- All parties running were held account to what they were promising.
Americans love going on about democracy as if it's a universal truth of virtue. Yet they live in a corporate plutocracy.
Seriously wiping out tens of thousands of people in the name of "spreading freedom and democracy" is far worse than anything any (all?) organised crime has ever done.
There is no occupying army in North Korea or Iran, but they still feel the force US lead aggression through use of sanctions.
Don't read this as a defence of the mafia and organised crime. They are (for the most part) an extremely destructive force on society. But they are little-league compared to the U.S war/propaganda machine.