Current Events > US constantly changing governments is actually the biggest threat to democracy

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Remember when Trump almost threatened to pull out of NATO?

That was really the tipping point. Without the USA in NATO, NATO is really useless. And when that happens, Russia can just say f*** it and continue their invasion toward Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland before moving onto the rest of Europe and even the UK and France.

Similiarly, China can take over Taiwan with zero interference whatsoever.

All Putin and Xi Jinping needs to wait for is for the next Trump to take office, promoting US isolationism. And that's the day the world is screwed

I don't think you guys realize how BIG of a threat this new world order the former commie allies China and Russia are ushering over is.

These two countries have the advantage of a never-changing government, due to no elections (or in Russia's case, rigged elections). With this, these two dictators can continue their trawl of power-grabs without any fear of US intervention

What alternative do you have in mind to us constantly changing governments?

So you want the US to become a dictatorship too? Uh.......yeah, no.

If you let China/Russian rule over you, world peace will be achieved.

/S

Putin has moved in to do shit in the years a non-isolationist president was in office though. They obviously don't care about that

Antifar posted...

What alternative do you have in mind to us constantly changing governments?

None.

All I'm saying is this is the weakness of the US political system and Russia is very much exploiting that

I think you're leaving out the big drawback to dictatorial style Governments. One the dictators are gone they tend to turn into a mess of infighting and power grabs and become playgrounds of opportunists and they never quite are the same.

As good as it is, democracy is NOT the ideal system and has its flaws too.

And in today's world, we may very well see this fall of democracy sooner than you think

TyVulpine posted...

So you want the US to become a dictatorship too? Uh.......yeah, no.

A better poison than Russia and China.At At least we will still get to enjoy Marvel Films, video games and own guns.

Vyrulisse posted...

I think you're leaving out the big drawback to dictatorial style Governments. One the dictators are gone they tend to turn into a mess of infighting and power grabs and become playgrounds of opportunists and they never quite are the same.

Except dictators are almost never gone, if you studied back in history. Revolutions have never ever worked 90% of the time and typically just get squashed eventually with lots of bloodshed. Evil rulers just rule and kill and kill till the day they finally die

Putin and XJP is here to stay till they die on their deathbeds. Biden will not.

mattfrank posted...

A better poison than Russia and China.At At least we will still get to enjoy Marvel Films, video games and own guns.

Not really. All dictatorships have ended up disarming the populace, and banning anything they personally don't like. Especially when it comes to movies/video games.

Why did you make posts 1 and 2 two minutes apart instead of editing post 1?

emblem boy posted...

Putin has moved in to do shit in the years a non-isolationist president was in office though. They obviously don't care about that

But right now Ukraine is the furthest Putin can get. Hungary and Bulgaria are all NATO members.

However, capturing Ukraine posits Putin at an enormous strategic military advantage should he decide to invade the other neighbouring countries. And if USA withdraws from NATO, I highly dont doubt Putin would be crazy enough to go to war with NATO themselves.

USA's withdrawal could also lead other countries to withdraw too since they'll see NATO as no longer an alliance strong enough to be a part of

TyVulpine posted...

Not really. All dictatorships have ended up disarming the populace, and banning anything they personally don't like. Especially when it comes to movies/video games.

Yeah, part of the reason why there's almost no creative entertainment or ideas stemming from China and Russia. Subdue the people and you subdue ideas

This sounds like an argument for the abolishment of the executive office and all executive decisions are made by council.

"The US being democratic is a threat to democracy"

Amazing to see what people will post on the internet.

Tyranthraxus posted...

This sounds like an argument for the abolishment of the executive office and all executive decisions are made by council.

The US can adopt the UK's parliamentary system, whereby the Prime Minister (in this case, President) is not directly voted by the people. Instead, the official ministers vote for the top position.

The way the US has its political system structured is just *asking* to be taken advantage of. Won't be long before we get Kanye West as president next

Tyranthraxus posted...

This sounds like an argument for the abolishment of the executive office and all executive decisions are made by council.

We really do NOT need an HOA running the country.