Russia and China have issued statements over the past several days calling on the US government to stop promoting protests in their respective countries, saying that America needs to stay out of other nations’ internal affairs.
While the State Department urges US citizens to avoid the “unauthorized” protests in Russia and China, they are also seen as a major facilitator for the protests in the first place. US-imposed regime change by protest is a time-honored strategy, and one both nations see at play.
Chinese officials, in particular, see the growing number of US flags appearing at Hong Kong protests as a sign of US involvement in the protests themselves. The US doesn’t comment on this, of course, but rather faults the Chinese government for not giving in to the protesters’ demands.
The same is true in Moscow, where protests aren’t as frequent, but even the suggestion of a Russian government crackdown leads to a quick US retort condemning them for “excessive force.”
Nations involve themselves in the affairs of other states. They have an interest on how they are governed. But it is not welcome: leading to instability, suspicion, suppression and war. The last point the most significant in these dangerous times.
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The link makes it pretty obvious that the US indeed is stirring up dissent. US officials insist China and Russia must be far more perfect democracies than the US is, so that they can be less effective empires than we are. It’s also convenient to sound pro-democracy and encourage Americans to agitate for democracy somewhere else instead of here. Nice scam while it lasts.
I fully agree. The link certainly makes it pretty obvious the US is stirring up dissent; yet, the US whines the loudest if China and/or Russia tries doing the same thing. US officials insist China and Russia be far more perfect democracies than the US is, so they can be less effective empires than we are. It’s also convenient to sound pro-democracy and encourage Americans to agitate for democracy somewhere else instead of here. As you said, it’s a nice scam while it lasts .. only it won’t last long,
Just a nasty bit of meddling we got from the Brits, along with their broken down empire, in exchange for some old destroyers.
I would love to see Hong Kong become an autonomous an-cap pirate nation, but they’re never gonna get there with the National Endowment for Democracy footing the bill.
Back to city-states ? Who gets the nukes ?
Bury em on the Moon, I guess. Or just give every city-state just one to keep the MAD-ness brewing.
China and Russia should get rid of the foreign NGOs in their countries.