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8. "The job of the U.S. armed forces is [. . .] to spread democracy to everybody around the world at the point of a gun," .

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Sat May 24, 2025, 05:39 PM

May 24

. . . This is not unlike the Conquistadors who spread Christianity with firepower-- through the use of gun powder and just straight up burning people.

Faith of any kind, including faith in democracy, has to come from a sincere inner conviction. Without consent, you can only enforce obedience; you cannot elicit cooperation.

Democracy is a cooperative enterprise or it is not democracy.

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