The word "democracy" is doing the same work as the word "communist" in reverse. "Communist" names what must be destroyed.
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When they say "democracy" they mean a specific thing.
They mean: elections in which the outcome does not threaten the existing distribution of property and the existing terms on which foreign capital accesses domestic resources.
That kind of "democracy" is promoted. Defended. Supported with funding and observation missions and strongly worded statements when it is threatened.
A democracy that produces an Allende is not that kind of democracy.
An election that produces a Mosaddegh is not that kind of election.
A movement that produces a Lumumba is not that kind of movement.
The word "democracy" is doing the same work as the word "communist" in reverse.
"Communist" names what must be destroyed.
"Democracy" names what must be protected.
Both words, in operational American foreign policy usage, have the same referent underneath:
The arrangement in which Western capital can access the resources it needs on the terms it requires.
Governments that maintain that arrangement are "democratic."
Governments that threaten it are "communist."
The words are not descriptions.
They are assignments.
posted by Satish Sharma at
02:10
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