Re:Venezuela’s descent into dictatorship shows democracy can...
by ushegemony on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @09:02AM
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I'm not talking about journalists being jailed etc, I should have given a more concrete example, I am referring to more liberal countries trying to enforce their ideologies onto more conservative countries.
I think all this stuff encroaches too much on the sovereignty of a peoples / country, which some people in this ever more globalised world don't see as a bad thing for some reason.
Re:Venezuela’s descent into dictatorship shows democracy can...
by alkonaut on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @02:38PM
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Do you have any concrete examples of liberal countries pushing values?
I mean as one example we can take western countries that give aid to African countries - is it right or wrong to condition the aid on ending persecution of homosexuals? Perhaps not a good example...
Romania should stop treating minorities badly or the EU should withold funds, as a concrete example.
There are similar examples for Poland with respect to media and division of power (also tenets of liberal democracy).
I don't know exactly what concrete actions could be taken with Venezuela.