It takes time for imporvement

but now look at the two

South Korea is an economic powerhouse

i am not saying that everything is exactly the same

I am saying that they are similar enough to learn from

and we completely re-worked the Japanese government

Exactly

It takes quite a bit of time to get things going

and support from the local population is important

American imperialism 😎

The exact processes are unique to each country

We set up a foundation of democracy and a capitalist system

that's what gets things going

we give them the chance to prosper

and the Japanese and South Koreans did well

but it just takes a long time

No it isn't

American imperialism is used to further our goals

Yes

In these cases it worked

But it is failing in the middle east

Not necessarily

I am saying that if there is an opportunity to establish a pro-American democracy somewhere in the world it is in our best interest to do so

and while our goals can be rather self-centered it helps the people that we do it to generally

Most importantly Korea and Japan

and they only worked there because the populations were ready for it in my opinion

well Germany was already a functioning society

we helped re-establish what they already had

and we did rebuild europe

Exactly

I don't support that

Yes it is

And I do not support it

However it can work and can end up being positive

And I will remind you that we have every right to depose communist dictators across the globe

Not in modern times

but back when we did that kind of stuff

We had every reason to

good

If they choose the enemy's side then they get what they deserve

They knew what would happen and still went through with it. Their fault.

sucks to be a commie bastard

Had they sided with us from the start we wouldn't have needed to install dictators and we oculd have given them aid

I am the sooper boomer

i am pro-contianment

False

America was generally loved until we got involved in them middle east

Except by commie bastards

There was time where our relations were generally friendly

but they chose the losing side in the cold war and got what comes to losers

It serves the interest of freedom

They elected commies

Hitler was elected too

socialists, communists, same thing.

It is not the same thing

they are very different

but socialism is a stepping stone for communist take over

Three is three too many

And all of those socialist countries started as pro-USSR

which makes them anti-USA

I understand that in reality people can be in a gray area

but in practice we can not allow that

you can not be supportive of us and our greatest enemy

If they wish to be neutral let them be neutral but siding with the USSR is not neutrality

I believe that the middle east needs dictators for the time being honsetly

That is true neutrality

and that is fine

they are largely socialistic

and Chile is doing quite well comparatively

compared to the rest of South America yes

>implying it can go right

who isn't at least a little anti-Semitic?

that is heresy

based

sitting there by himself listening to hitler ear rape

pros: less crime and violence. cons: it is a step to a society more accepting of extremely unhealthy practices

The slippery slope exists

but it isn't

We have seen the slope happen with the LGBT community

The gays started out and all they wanted was equal marriage

Christians said "no, next thing you know they will start supporting pedophilia"

everyone called them crazy

Now it's 2018 and pedophilia is being pushed as a sexuality rather than a mental disease

we fell down the slope

no

and neither did the majority support gay marriage when it was first pushed

My point is that slippery slopes exist and we need a way to stop them before we go ahead with stuff like legalizing drugs

I do not think the government should be able to tell me what I put in me

I also believe there is a common sense line but as we get more accustomed to certain things that line moves forward

As I said, most people were opposed to gay marriage when it was first introduced.

i personally support decriminalizing drugs and waging war against the cartels

The issue is that you are saying the slippery slope is a fallacy when it clearly isn't

There is a difference but normalizing one is a step to normalizing another

And homosexuality is clearly perverse

you want some stats?

wrong

immoral

degenerate

no

I have statistics for this