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Originally Posted by debaser
Maaaaaaaybe...
No one can deny that both powers acted in their own self interest, but at the very least the US was constrained to some small degree by the it's citizens. The Soviets acted in spite of, and often against their own populace. And yes, I know that someone will bring up Kent State and the McCarthy travesty, but these were aberations in a country otherwise at least nominally held to the rule of law...
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What the US did or did not do against its own population is sort of irrelevant when it comes to its international policy, isn't it?
And when comparisons between two superpowers start to boil down to who killed fewer millions of people, it is kind of hard to claim any moral superiority, isn't it?
Finally, how does it work? I mean, shutting down wikileaks, torturing, regime change, etc. etc. all in the name of "democracy" and "freedom" is a bit of an oxymoron, isn't it?