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In reply to the discussion: Trump Hijacks West Point Graduation to Rant About 'Drag Shows' [View all]Collimator
(1,918 posts)8. "The job of the U.S. armed forces is [. . .] to spread democracy to everybody around the world at the point of a gun," .
. . . 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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Looking forward to the media taking a short break from the non-stop Biden bashing...
Paladin
May 24
#1
"spread democracy to everybody around the world at the point of a gun" Yep, that wins hearts and minds.
CurtEastPoint
May 24
#6
"The job of the U.S. armed forces is [. . .] to spread democracy to everybody around the world at the point of a gun," .
Collimator
May 24
#8
Shorter: "The job of the U.S. armed forces is to spread democracy at the point of a gun."
Grins
May 24
#19
I like POTUS who shakes the hands of each military academy graduate at a graduation cermony
LetMyPeopleVote
May 24
#22
I can't believe he actually said that the job of the military was to spread democracy at the point of a gun.
travelingthrulife
Sunday
#40
What a fucked up, demented speech! Congress needs to invoke the 25th Amendment. n/t
AntiFascist
Sunday
#45