Candy floss democracy is not what Africa and the progressive world want

The US used to preach a lot about political freedom, freedom of speech and association but it has failed dismally. The 2024 election in US has made us see the other side of a country, long touted as a democracy.

The dirty tactics the Biden administration is using to remain afloat and have Biden himself win a second term, are the same things the US is quick to red-flag many African countries towards their elections.

Has this become a case of a black pot, calling another black.

In Africa the US has created political scams such as Nelson Chamisa, the Democratic Alliance in South Africa and Hikainde Hachilema in Zambia, all to destabilise long-standing liberation political movements that still value African virtues, norms and beliefs. This is a political scum, packaged, wrapped and sold to the world as democracy. This is a shame.

What democracy is it when Washington imposes unilateral sanctions by-passing the United Nations. This happened to many countries in Latin America, Zimbabwe, and Harare’s friend Cuba, Iran, Russia, China, among others.

It is very clear that the US openly avoids international law and uses its own global “rules-based-order”, which does not consider, the feelings, the state, the sovereignty and rights of other countries.

If anything, the US is seeking subtle recolonisation of Africa and the developing world, using high flying work such as democracy, good governance and accountability, tenets which it does not uphold.

Talk of political repression, the US is number one, given the way it is treating Trump. Talk of corruption, the US is high up there given the way Biden, his son Hunter, his brother James and his sister-in-law Sara and many other associates and family members are involved in not so clean deals.

Deals in Ukraine stick out in a stinking manner. Talk disrespect of other nations and political interference, the US is number one, funding wars with billions of dollars and opposition parties, all for regime change, in the name of democracy.

Talk of breaching international protocol, the US uses Mafi-style operations to circumvent UN protocol and impose sanctions on countries it disagrees with. The US has done that on Zimbabwe, Russia, China, Cuba, Iran and many other countries.

Talk of rough cut politics, the recent remarks by Joe Biden on Russian President Vladimir Putin, portrays Biden as a foul-mouthed politician, with a dearth of diplomatic etiquettes. That is never expected of a President.

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