One thing about living powerless under an oppressive tyranny is that there is no moral call or obligation like here to correct what your representative government does to people elsewhere in the world. So while that call may press for more specific pointing let me at least speak in general terms and emphasize that we need to treat people in other countries the way we like to be treated. So by as much as we would have wanted no support for a dictatorship ruling us had we been living under one, we should not do that to people in other countries of the world. And yes the moral comparison should begin from this level, because democracy is the only just way and therefore none democratically elected regimes are stealing the countries they rule from their people. I want to be impowered by being on the right side not just protected by the mighty strength of my country.
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