Re:The Artful Propaganda of Soviet Children’s Literature
by ice109 on Sunday June 18, 2017 @12:09AM
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i have heard this countless times in the last 6 months and I don't understand the point: because the us helped to overthrow peron it's okay that Russia interfered in the us elections? yes people are ignorant of the us' history but what does that have to with anything?
Re:The Artful Propaganda of Soviet Children’s Literature
by dilemma on Sunday June 18, 2017 @05:11AM
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Moral maxims and questions of international law and sovereignty should be applied equally regardless of subject. The US, by it actions, says that intervening in foreign elections is okay, and therefore it is, according to the US, okay for foreign entities to interfere in US elections.
It is only by universally applying principles of law and moral that we can change them, because you never understand why breaching another nation's sovereignty is wrong (even though this is in the UN charter) unless it is done to you.
Re:The Artful Propaganda of Soviet Children’s Literature
by boomboomsubban on Sunday June 18, 2017 @12:52AM
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>because the us helped to overthrow peron it's okay that Russia interfered in the us elections?
It's never OK, because of the US past actions it's hypocritical to get overly upset when it happens to the US unless also accompanied by an effort to stop in the future. If the US deserves untampered elections, the rest of the world does too. Even if it means the new government isn't fond of the US
It should be pointed out by people first. I'm from Argentina but I was in US earlier this year. Someone was complaining about how the Russians influenced the election. I asked if he considered that in the last 50 years USA is well known for interfering in other countries politics. That his complaint was like a bully crying of having been bullied. He told me that it was a good point and didn't considered before. He is an smart and informed person but for some reason didn't saw earlier how his country affects other countries. Just the other way around.