The US Has Turned Into an Analogue of the Late Soviet Union
On the whole ... American democracy as a system has ceased to be perceived as a model.
Published in Vzglyad (Russia) on 12 August 2016 by Eduard Birov [link to original]
Translated from Russian by Jeffrey Fredrich. Edited by Helaine Schweitzer.
Posted on August 22, 2016.
The Western media’s unfair and biased attitude toward Russian athletes, unfounded accusations, and defamation are destroying the United States’ appeal in the eyes of the international community no less than its airstrikes against Belgrade, Baghdad and Tripoli.
Perhaps the most important development in world politics since the collapse of the Soviet Union is taking place: disappointment with the U.S. and the collapse of the ideal image it created as an “empire of liberty and goodness.” This process began in the 2000s and, by all appearances, it has assumed a sense of being irreversible in the past two years. Everything that somehow created the illusion of an American dream that one would want to send abroad has now, in all of the key elements, suddenly lost its appeal and turned negative.
On different continents and in different countries of the world, a fascination with the “model of democracy” is being replaced by a disappointment over double standards, disappointment that’s growing into resentment over the world leader’s tyranny. Most countries are hiding their resentment for the time being, expressing it only behind the scenes in conversations with Lavrov or with our Chinese comrades, but a weariness with the U.S. is increasing and showing up more frequently.
http://watchingamerica.com/WA/2016/08/22/the-us-has-turned-into-an-analogue-of-the-late-soviet-union/
