> “nation building”
Nation building takes at least a generation of the “builder” educating the nation being built. For some reason we thought people in the middle east could make their country great just by being given “the vote” without the corresponding education to make the vote meaningful. I supported it at the time, and would now IF we took the long term approach that required education of at least a generation.
US politicians after the Louisiana purchase understood that and argued for not giving the vote to the new population in Louisiana until they had been educated. (there were other political reasons and this was often their excuse for less honorable reasons)
Muslims, communists, and today’s left understand that and want to make sure every generation is “educated” the right way (indoctrinated) so they vote the right way. Progressives are “nation building” in the US every day but they take the long approach unlike we did in Iraq and too many people in the US don’t have a clue.
The poor and disenfranchised, given their first chance to vote, always choose socialism. Free markets need to be in place before democracy.