rule by repression and terror. We should support the right of people everywhere (including right here at home) to freely choose those who will govern them rather than have those governing chosen by money, military or heredity ("my dad was dictator; now I am"
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Not supporting dictators and supporting democracies is not a very radical concept. The trouble comes when people in a country take to the streets and rebel against a local dictator. Do we help the dictator restore "law and order" through any means necessary under the idea that in some parts of the world government repression is 'natural' and 'acceptable' even if we don't accept it for ourselves?
Do we support the people rhetorically but not materially if their government turns its army's guns on them? Is the UN's 'Responsibility to Protect' just pretty words on paper but impossible to implement in reality?
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