What is the benefit of american goverment spreading democracy?

Question

SHOULD AMERICANS DICTATE OTHER PEOPLES DEMOCRACY

Answer 1

Democracy can not be forced on other Nations and most nations want to have democracy that fit their culture and way of life. Wars will not bring democracy on the contrary wars will delay democratic advancements in any country. A good examples are Iraq and USA in both countries there is a set back in democracy that will take years of fixing.

Answer 2

Statistics have shown that mature republics (democracies can only work with small, homogeneous groups) rarely war on each other. However, new republics are more prone to warring with their neighbors but one cannot get to a mature republic without creating a new one. When the USA/UN encounters a country that is prone to make war or support terrorists that negatively affect the world economy (which also means each country's security), first diplomacy is tried to get them to conform to how the world feels they should behave. If that doesn't work, often military force is resorted to. Every country has a duty to insure its people can live safely and not have their economy (lives) disrupted so, yes, the US has a right to create new republics to insure it and/or it's allies security. The question really is, is it the best way? Can countries that are deeply divided along ethnic, cultural, or religious lines prosper as a republic? So far, the answer has been a solid no. Invariably, they dissolve into smaller countries that play regional diplomatic games and wars for an increase in relative power and will be used by other larger regional powers for their own advancement.

Often times, it is best continue the pressure, use military force only when there is an alternate government available, and support them against the old one. Otherwise, the new regime may be worse then the old one. Sadam banked on this. His main fear was Iran and he thought the US would never attack and replace his regime because it was secular. Unfortunately for Iraq, he purposely gave the impression that he had weapons of mass destruction to deter Iran and was so secretive about the truth, that his own generals didn't know it was a ruse until a briefing after the second Iraq war started. This surfaced time and time again when his generals were interrogated and he himself admitted it. This is why nearly the whole world believed Iraq to be a danger and prompted the attack.

Answer 3

"Dictate" a "democracy." Hmm.

Interesting question.

Of course if American leaders (and their constituents) think democracy (or constitutional or democratic republic or whatever you want to call it) is a superior form of government, and if it, in fact, is superior, then there's your benefit: Releasing the bound.

If world peace and human rights are the goal, YIPPEE! Except that obviously isn't happening.

The only benefit, as I see it, of America spreading democracy is this: Newly "democratized" countries will begin to look more and more like the U.S. and their citizens will begin to consume more and more like U.S. citizens, which will, at some point be good for American exports, the GDP, and ultimately, America's bottom line.

So, is it safe to say that the presumed benefit of spreading democracy is the maintenance of power and continued lining of the pockets of the American elite?

Answer 4

Democracy is an ambiguous term where the value of the votes of the ignorant and the well known persons are the same but the decision makers for all the people are the known ones, not the ignorant ones. It is easy to take the votes of the ignorant people by saying them anything that would be convincing to the ignorant people but when doing works, the decision makers put their own logics to work for their own benefits.

For an example, most of the people in the USA and in the world don't like the invasion of the USA in Iraq. But they had nothing to do against the wills of the decision makers whom they had elected by themselves under democratic process. This is a common picture everywhere in the world about so called democracy. So, to me, democracy is just a means of making the self power stronger by exploiting the less powerful and ignorant ones. Powerful sections are always powerful in every way.

Americans screams for worldwide democracy basically for 3 reasons:

1. Making stronger governments who would rule the people nicely to yield the interests of the western nations from the people.

2. Reducing risks of stubbornness of any government against the western nations including the USA.

3. Making opportunities to quiz the governments by threats of not supporting the government and helping the oppositions and rebels if the governments don't want to abide by the desires of the USA and the western nations.

USA works just as the leader of all the western nations for the common interests. In fact, they all are the same in this process of exploiting the poor, uneducated and less powerful nations.

Answer 5

Rather than promoting democracy, we should be promoting an increased standard of living as well as better education.

Simply giving people the right to participate in their government does very little unless they are educated enough to make choices based on reason and logic rather than simply on passion. By promoting education we will encourage free thinking and when people can think for themselves the possibilities are endless.

If we work with countries to raise the standard of living of the average person, we will be helping to promote stability within those countries. When people's basic needs are provided for I believe they are less likely to believe zealots who try to promote their cause by blaming their enemy for the suffering. Also, people who don't have to worry about feeding their children or keeping a roof over their head are more likely to be content with their life.

Promoting democracy is a worthy idea, but is has to be done tactfully. If we attempt to force democracy on another country, we are likely to meet strong resistance and be seen as invaders. However, I believe if we promote the education and standard of living of a people, than more democratic and less radical governments and/or politics are inevitable.

Answer 6

Democracy is a contradiction to USA basic philosophy of Capitalism, There must be a kingdom in USA, if they claim to be a Capitalistic country.
Spreading democracy in the world is only in the favour of UK, not USA.
So they solve this problem by blindly following the dictation of UK's kingdom, as the Bushes of USA have roots in UK.

Answer 7

If you've ever played civilization, you'd know. It's much easier to deal with a country with similar ideals. Plus, we get that warm fuzzy feeling when we see happy people in the voting booths abroad.

Answer 8

So the rest of the world can be just like us.....oh world, you have no idea what joy you're missing out on...bush cheney, pre-emptive wars, corporate corruption, poverty, Indian reservations,guys informer high places named scooter, britney spears, anna nicole, american idol, fixed elections....suvs...did I mention neo-cons and religious zealots...we should get ours right before spreading this love around the world...

Answer 9

Better lifestyle and more jobs for us if we can exploit the resources and cheap labor of the 3rd world countries. We're pretty smart.

Answer 10

Better than you spreading dictatorships.