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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
on a serious note, boots on the ground is something we'd all get behind. but like with Iraq/Afghanistan you need to occupy and rebuild and reinvest for decades for it to stick. and sometimes the minute you leave the filth washes back in.
gpt
Part of it is the higher ups need to understand the cultural mindset of the place you're doing this to. That's why Afghanistan was a cluster fuck. We wrongly assumed that "Afghanistan" ever existed in the local mindset. That's not the case; in reality it's a landmass with hundreds of tribes that largely hate each other. It was never possible to create a modern democratic nation while that cultural mindset persisted. 


I like to think we have a better (not perfect) understanding of the cultural mindset of Mexicans. It's honestly not all that different from most conservative Americans. They value faith, jobs, and keeping their kids safe. That's pretty easy to work with, and the good side here is that we're not filthy infidels in the predominant religion.