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Justifying a tyrannical government by virtue of the previous government having been a tyranny too doesn't persuade anyone. For the US government, whatever it does is always about its interests, because that's what governments are about. However, that's just the reason why being a small nation sucks, like any resident of a small country can tell you. Sometimes their plight even manages to gather some popular sympathy[…
It persuades people that are told that Tibet should get the old Dalai Lama as dictator system back. China is criticized as an oppressive regime in tibet by people that at the same time cater to a wannabe dictator.
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