On March 28, the U.S. and co-sponsors, Netherlands, Zambia, South Korea, Costa Rica, will open the Second Summit for Democracy. The online event has a reported guest list of 121 nations. Also this week, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is on a week-long, three-nation tour of Africa, peddling U.S. “democratic options” against China and Russia.
The first U.S. Summit for Democracy, in December 2021, was seen as the Summit of Hypocrisy. It focussed on “us vs them,” in the jargon of “democracy vs autocracy.” It extolled the unilateral subversion of nations under the euphemisms of “media literacy,” and “election integrity,” etc. as the way to “help” nations that are “backsliding in democracy.”
This week’s summit can be called, “Summit for Poverty.” Expect no serious talk allowed on economic basics of food, water, health care, energy, and means to life, while meantime, the Western financial system is crashing. Count on declarations of “unity” against Russia and China, and chest thumping on the need for sanctions to enforce democracy.
