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Actually, most American mainstream media in the United States is left of center on the American political spectrum. ..
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Just an example of how media construed russia and communism. One of my family friends told me this story:
he had received six moscovites who had recently arrived from Moscow. I believe this was around the time of the collapse of the USSR. They turn on the news, and see Dan Rather reporting that there is no food in Moscow. He shows a store where all the food is completely gone.. and from the look of it, he certainly makes the situation seem very bad. The moscovites of course were like wtf...they're like this guy doesn't know what he's talkin about. They said that most of the government owned stores were now sold out, thats why they are empty. However there were already private shops established by this time, so there was no "food crisis" as Dan Rather (one of the top news anchormen) was suggesting.
As to the US establishing dictatorships, its not really contested that they would prop-up US supportive dictators to back against the communist threat. Cases where communism or socialism would be democratically elected would be seen as athreat, and dictatorship woudl be a viable alternative. Hell, we trained the muhajideen against the Soviets, and look what that lead to... We chose Pakistan over Democratic India. People say that is because India sided with the Soviets, but if you look at the history, Indira Ghandi actually went to the US for support prior to this alignment. US disregarded India. We also supported Sadaam during the Iraq/Iran war, for personal gain.
Freedom is something cherished by the American public, but seriously, our government could care less who they support or give power to, as long as it serves their own interests. This applies to any country.
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