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Old 06-14-2015, 01:12 PM   #45 (permalink)
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If the proposal is that imperialism is ok then I'd rather be ruled by Russians or Chinese than by Americans. End of story (hate me if you want).
Why? We're relatively benign as far as imperialist empires go. Do you really want to be ruled over by a guy like Putin, who'd be the second coming of Stalin if he could get away with it? Or a corrupt, brutal oligarchy like China, who've been known to run over protesters with tanks?

I get why people have problems with America, but sometimes they like to pretend we're the devil, just so they can have a black and white villain to rail against.
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