I come from a country, Portugal, were the people conquered Democracy from the Fascists by force (though it was mainly a peaceful affair).
In next door Spain some years later the Fascists passed some laws to give themselves immunity and keep the wealth they stole from the rest and then left power, which is how they became a Democracy.
Portugal has none of the problems of regionalist breakaway movements that Spain has, the Far Right is more recent smaller and way milder than in Spain (were even the mainstream Rightwing-party has always been far more to the Right than the equivalent one in Portugal).
(Portugal is a far ... far, far ... from perfect country, but at least in this things seem to have been done right)
Whilst indeed it's anecdotal, this and what I've seen over the years when it comes to foreign interventions to "bring democracy", leads me to believe that Democracy, to be stable, has to be won, not "gifted" by a dictatorship (and even a foreign invader which is a democratic country is de facto a dictatorship for the locals of the occcupied country as they don't get to vote in that country's elections and are quite literally being governed by dictat).
I feel like they imposed "democracy" in a way that allowed them to use that country as a puppet for material and strategic gain. Real lasting change has to be from the bottom up.
Democracy in America actually does have consistent meaning. It’s just that it isn’t what people think it is. When america says ‘democracy’ what they mean is liberalisation of trade and markets for American capital interests. Often with disastrous effects for the local population and their economy. The word freedom also has a similar meaning. The word freedoms is more accurately considered a contraction of the phrase ‘freedom for american capital flows’.
Looking at the Official Report On the Iraq War published in the UK some years ago, American "bringing of democracy" there was quite literally the war crime of Pillage.
Basically the local administration installed by the Cohalition in Iraq was forced to give almost all oil exploitation contracts to British and American companies, mainly the latter.
Who knows just how rigged the voting system is over there to produce an image of "Democracy" whilst making sure real power always goes to those who favour American interests or are easy to corrupt to do so.
Yes it became prominent after 9/11 ... but that kind of behaviour has been going on for a century and more distinctively after the Second World War
Look up the history of Allen/Foster Dulles and their work for American Corp in the 20s and 30s ... their enthusiasm for war in the 40s ... and then with the CIA in the 50s and 60s ... the actions of which led to what happened in the 70s and 80s ... which later on affected what happened in the 90s and 2000s. It makes you understand that even if the US people don't want a war ... those in positions of power and wealth enjoy war and conflict because it makes them money and spreads their power. We accuse other nations of doing the same but America does it while draped in a democracy flag and an ugly tattoo across their forehead that says 'freedom'.
USA spreading freedom and democracy by couping various democratic countries and replacing the democratically elected leaders with fascists and warlords
Idk, I think this meme is acceptable under the premise that clearly evident truth with mountains of proof can't possibly be a political wedge issue, right?
I spent way too long trying to figure out what country Bananas is. Maybe it's the capital B, or maybe Bananas just sounds like a nation to me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯