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Comment by bpbp-mango

17 hours ago

a country can change its mind though

Especially by voting in a party that says it will do it. That's democracy, right?

  • Why would you care about democracy? Plenty of countries don't have it. Why should America and Europe hold themselves up to such naive, idealistic standards with Middle Eastern countries around who aren't doing the same?

    That's essentially the point you made, while conflating pulling the rug out from under people's feet because they've committed the crime of being brown with never having made the offer in the first place.

    • > Why would you care about democracy? Plenty of countries don't have it

      Because living in these countries usually comes with significant downsides for minorities. E.g. most middle east countries are limiting freedom for women compared to men.

What countries can do is pretty expansive and unrelated to whether or not they're comparable to other things or good things for countries to do.