The United States Exports Democracy as A Pretext To Extract Resources -Jacque Fresco


“We (the United States of America) do not go into another country to bring democracy. We go there for their resources, oil, rare earth metals, cheap labor. We don’t go there to bring democracy. We took this land from the Native Americans. We stole it. After we took the lands from the Native Indians, we took New Mexico from Mexico, then we took California from Spain. After we stole all the lands that we wanted, we put up the sign: ‘Thou Shall Not Steal.’”
—Jacque Fresco


Jacque Fresco’s 2010 remarks strip away the moral language the U.S. often uses to justify its interference in other nations. The U.S. empire has never been about freedom, democracy, or human rights. It has always been about power and control. By pointing to the theft of Indigenous land and the expansion of the United States through conquest, he confirms that the empire was built through violence and then hidden behind laws and moral slogans.

Kmtyw=Abibifuo=Farafin=Black people (Africans) need to reject the propaganda that Western military and political interference is driven by noble intentions. In reality, many invasions, occupations, and foreign policy decisions are shaped by economic and strategic interests. Fresco’s words are a reminder that when Western powers talk about bringing democracy to Kmt=Abibiman=Farafina=Land of the Blacks=Land of Black Peoples (Africa), people should pay attention to what is really being taken, who benefits, and who ultimately pays the price.