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Re:British journalist held by police at Luton airport for fi... by user_7832 on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @12:04PM (#37585896)
> The West is way to cooperative with regimes like Erdogan, Modi, the UAE or Qatar. To name a few.

I fail to understand how Modi (and likely Erdogan), who are elected representatives, are at the same level as the UAE or Qatar.

"Look at the human right violations they've done!"

Not defending them, but then would you add Bush/Obama/Trump to the list (between Guantanamo Bay/all the middle east military "interventions") Or how Assange is still being treated by the US?

I'm not trying to flame-bait, but if a leader is a democratically elected rep is conflated with autocracies that's not a sound argument. Especially when it's something more countries do than don't. (Disclaimer, am Indian)

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Re:British journalist held by police at Luton airport for fi... by hef19898 on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @12:08PM (#37585950)
I could throw in the likes of Nethanyahu and Orban and the Polish government, some are just further down the road to totalitarianism then others.
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Re:British journalist held by police at Luton airport for fi... by user_7832 on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @12:17PM (#37586082)
That is a fair point. So would it be more of a gradient than a line?
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Re:British journalist held by police at Luton airport for fi... by hef19898 on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @01:20PM (#37586915)
Yes, it is. That is also why this development is so insisdious and dangerous.
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Re:British journalist held by police at Luton airport for fi... by colpabar on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @12:14PM (#37586034)
In america, "democracy" actually means "democracy that is beneficial to us". If we don't approve of it, it's not real democracy, and we can just send in the CIA to make it the way we want it to be. It's why "populism" is so bad yet people here still reference the popular vote when their preferred candidate got more votes overall.
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Re:British journalist held by police at Luton airport for fi... by janc_ on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @04:49PM (#37589975)
When you throw all credible newspaper editors/owners and many credible opposition politicians in prison based on made-up charges, like Erdogan has done, there can't be fair & democratic elections.
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