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When I think of "banana republic" I think of a puppet government installed by corporations to ensure the corporations' profitability -- much like the United Fruit Company did to Honduras and Guatemala, hence the name.

The USA has exactly this kind of government: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746

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I am familiar with the research cited in that article. I am also familiar with the United States' prolonged history of foreign interference and human rights abuse.

But in the United States I can openly kiss my same-sex husband in public. In Zambia I would be arrested.

The average citizen of the United States still enjoys a relatively high standard of living. Sanitary conditions. High wealth (compared to the rest of the world). Human rights. I find comparisons to banana republics to be hyperbole which ultimately distracts from your arguments.

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