Why promoting human rights & democracy should be foreign policy

[Lao Tzu]

I love this book

Read the chart in chapter 7 near the section called "Well-established democracies do not make war on each other."

Democratic vs. non-democratic wars 1816-1991

democracy vs. democracy 0
democracy vs. nondemocracy 155
nondemocracy vs. nondemocracy 198

Of course those are just stable, liberal democracies and the wars must kill over 1000 people. They also don't take into account sublime wars like the war between the democracies of Chile & the US in 1973.

 

[Lao Tzu]

sorry, i'm just here to promote my avatar.

hahaha.

 

[collegiateLifter]

Junk statistics.

For instance, they left out Vietnam, where ho chi minh, after the US demanded democracy, won & the US disregarded the election.