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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago

Hawaii is probably #1. I don't care that they were a monarchy

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don't even need to look outside the so called US. Just look at the Indigenous nations they destroyed.

[–] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I think the Iroquois Nation counts. They certainly had representative government that included the minority parties in decision making. It didn't look like democracy because it wasn't modeled after the Greeks or Romans. They'd never heard of them.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 45 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Low bar. Just name 3 random countries from the global south and you'll probably get it right.

[–] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I'm not sure, but more than likely all of central and south America

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 71 points 1 day ago (3 children)

OH SAY CAN YOU SEE🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 day ago

Pitiful squeaks in the background

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 6 points 1 day ago

I keep getting a closed *link error

[–] zululove@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago

Iran, Iraq, I think Brazil or Cuba

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Australia, Indonesia, Bolivia, Chile

(It's hard to know which criticisms were propaganda and which were legit, so I can't pick many that I can call my "favourite". I'm 100% confident in Australia, mostly in Bolivia, somewhat in Chile, doubtful of Indonesia).

[–] Ascend910@lemmy.ml 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

As a Labor/Greens voter in Australia, I am still salty about this. They did a entire peaceful coup just to save their little enclave next to Alice spring

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

If it weren't for the coup, Australia would be a super-power to rival China and the US combined.

[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Actually extremely low bar. I was checking the Wikipedia page and I was thinking that Liechtenstein could be safe, but I'm not not completely sure now.

ETA https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There's a lot of lesser known ones that aren't even listed there. Australia, Italy, Russia, and Greece for example.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

there are so many that not even wikipedia can keep up. lol

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I seriously don't know if it's easier to do the opposite list.

[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago

surprisingly canada doesn’t seem to be anywhere on those lists

maybe because even those who get elected on being anti-USA bow down to lick the hegemon’s boots

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

illegally?
pretty sure it was legal according to their own laws…

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

that would be nice

[–] Diva@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 day ago
[–] migo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

Chile, Indonesia, Brazil

This is not c/196

Why did you title it rule?

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago

Chile, Iran, Nicaragua

[–] Una@europe.pub 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You love USA? Name every American...

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Bob. That's it, now every American is named Bob.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

Don't forget Jimbob, the American

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No, everyone is Bob, no exceptions.

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

~~Karen~~ Bob won't like this.

[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bob

To be fair, you've got a lot of their names correct

It's like the southeastern Poland where everyone is named Bogdan.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Too many people with a circular geneological tree, above armed.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

argentina, uruguay, Chile.

[–] Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Banana-pire, Oil-pire, and Cigar-pire.

Better yet, show the top 3 illegally elected governments they have overthrown.