@ozieljose@ThomasSowell You keep confusing opposition to foreign intervention with support for authoritarian governments. That quite a convenient strawman. Apparently in your worldview a country can only be free if Washington has a military presence there. Thats not freedom. Its dependency.
@ozieljose@ThomasSowell Fascinating theory: countries have problems, therefore foreign military bases are the solution. By that logic every country struggling with violence should outsource its sovereignty to Washington. Nothing says "freedom" quite like needing a foreign army to tell you whos in charge
@avinaeem@PocketHanky@ThomasSowell So you agree that the Iranian people and the Islamic regime aren't the same thing? Great. Now explain why you're so confident that an entire government would choose national annihilation. Your argument is doing backflips to avoid making sense.
@PocketHanky@avinaeem@ThomasSowell Apparently, millions of Iranians are just waiting for an excuse to get vaporized. Truly groundbreaking geopolitical analysis. Have you considered that even governments you dislike have an interest in survival?
@ozieljose@ThomasSowell So your argument is that because some countries have internal problems, foreign military intervention is sometimes good? Fascinating logic. I wonder if you'd be equally enthusiastic about US intervention if Brazilian children were the ones buried under the rubble.
@avinaeem@ThomasSowell Congratulations, you just discovered nuclear deterrence. The whole point of having nuclear weapons is making an attack against you too costly to contemplate. That's why you don't casually attack Russia. Glad we could cover the basics.
@ozieljose@ThomasSowell Calling the US a force for good requires historical amnesia. From Iran and Guatemala to Chile and Iraq, US intervention has overthrown governments, fueled wars and devastated countries. Brazil doesn't need American or Chinese military bases. It deserves sovereignty.
@esequielrascon@eltemagv@naattorres1 "No, el problema no es que tenga que ser 'como yo quiera'; es que un argumento debe responder a lo que afirma. Cambias de tema, dices que 'se sobreentiende' y cuando te lo señalan respondes 'no entendiste'. Eso no es debatir, es esquivar."
@esequielrascon@eltemagv@naattorres1 Qué interesante: tu tesis era que la democracia falla porque el voto de "dos pendejos" pesa más que el de un "sabio". Ahora estás hablando de distritos y presupuestos. Mucha vuelta, pero sigo esperando la parte donde tu modelo evita exactamente eso.