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> Its much easier to trust democratic governments than autocratic ones.

History shows otherwise. They are equally shady. After all, it was a democracy that broke every treaty with the natives and exterminated them. But I guess it all depends on your biases and agenda. Certainly, nobody can objectively say that US, Britain, France, etc as any less shadier than any autocratic countries.

> If China were a democracy I highly doubt this would be the case.

Really? Bolivia is a democracy. Venezuela is a democracy. Russia is a democracy. If china were a democracy, the chinese people would vote to fully annex hong kong and taiwan. And being a democracy, I suppose the chinese government would have to follow through, huh?

> The push back that China receives is also because of their economic colonialism and I guess rightfully so.

Now this is rather absurd. Especially considering it is us trying to force china to adopt our ways. But agenda tends to blind people.

> German car companies for example dont receive as much push back. Ericsson/Nokia doesn't receive as much pushback as their counterpart Huwawei.

But iranian, venezuelan, russian, etc companies do. And conveniently saudi arabian companies don't. They are not a democracy.

So there goes your theory about democracy. It has nothing to do with democracy. It's about geopolitics and power. The need to maintain dominance over the world as long as we can.



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