The US is a self-labled democracy, and has taken it upon itself to "spread" democratic values globally. This imagined responsibility is often fulfilled by the violent overthrow of 'evil' regimes. These regimes are selected by their argued opposition to democracy, and nothing seems more antithetical to 'global democracy' than the existence of theocratic states. Iran, one of only two countries listed on Wikipedia as 'current states with theocratic aspects', has fallen into the viewfinder of the Corporatocracy, and faces a potentially bleak future of violence and US occupation.
Which country is the real theocracy? Can it be denied that the US is completely controlled by profit seeking corporations? How can a state choose the expansion of business over the protection of the planet?
Is the US a monetary theocracy? and if so, what does this mean for the democratic crusade?
I believe that the US as a whole has an inaccurate perception of democracy. We claim to be a democracy, but a democracy seeeings as how the definiton of democracy is not universal, how can we claim it? The closest defintion to democracy would be popular sovereinty. The problem with this theory is what if the majority is wrong? This is not justice. So if I kill my brother and based on the "evidence" the majority claims me not guilty, but I am, then what? Does a vote make it right? I guess that leads us to the question: Do the ends ever justify the means? I don't think that is possible... The ends never make it ok..
