Also, FWIW, Ukraine’s political system is obviously is at least as corrupt and antidemocratic as Russia, and the other obvious example is Israel, which doesn’t even give equal voting rights to all Palestinians. So even if you were a Fukuyamist who only cared about which side is a liberal democracy, you still can’t make the argument to support the West in either conflict just based on that. All roads lead to
Really it’s more a question of how much red carpet they lay out for Western corporate interests. Saudi Arabia is a majority Muslim country led by a monarchy that offs journalists for being critical of them. But they get the pass from because they play nice with the oil industry.
Also, FWIW, Ukraine’s political system is obviously is at least as corrupt and antidemocratic as Russia, and the other obvious example is Israel, which doesn’t even give equal voting rights to all Palestinians. So even if you were a Fukuyamist who only cared about which side is a liberal democracy, you still can’t make the argument to support the West in either conflict just based on that. All roads lead to
Really it’s more a question of how much red carpet they lay out for Western corporate interests. Saudi Arabia is a majority Muslim country led by a monarchy that offs journalists for being critical of them. But they get the pass from
because they play nice with the oil industry.