“American democracy used to be attractive to the world, but its appeal has faded greatly. Washington convening a democracy summit is like an old woman releasing a list of past wooers and admirers, and forces everyone to admit it and praise her.😆” the famously frank editor of China’s Global Times, Hu Xijin, tweeted on Nov. 28.
The statement issued yesterday by Russia’s Foreign Ministry on the Dec. 8-9 “Democracy Summit” in Washington, D.C., is not as succinct, but it is blistering, highlighting the notorious “human rights” and “democratic” track record and reputation of the United States, Great Britain, and the EU member states hosting “this strange event.”
Cited are well-known examples of censorship, lies, electoral manipulation, corporate and intelligence-agency control over Western media, mass imprisonment, and promotion of “ultra-liberal values and practices” by this small group of nations claiming “to lead the world in advancing the cause of democracy and human rights.” Included are statements banned by U.S. social media, such as that it is “understandable” that millions of Americans question the results of the 2020 US presidential election, and that long imprisonment of dozens who protested those results on January 6 is repression, not democracy.
Not forgotten, is the listing of the “aggressive actions on the world stage under the banner of `promoting democracy’,” the more than a dozen military interventions and attempts at “regime change” over the past 30 years, which have led to only “chaos and destruction … bloody wars and national tragedies in the countries that fell victim to this policy.
