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The Cold War Was A Global Class War
Defending capital, not democracy, is the US policy
Before the US entered WWII, President Roosevelt (FDR) insisted Prime Minister Churchill agree to anti-colonialism, labor rights, economic prosperity, security, peace, and disarmament principles. The Charter of the United Nations, signed by China, the USSR, France, the US, the UK, India, and 45 founding members in 1945, reinforced Roosevelt's equal rights and self-determination principles.
“They respect the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live; and they wish to see sovereign rights and self government restored to those who have been forcibly deprived of them.” — The Atlantic Charter
Unfortunately, capitalists' interests killed FDR and the UN's attempt to establish a peaceful, prosperous world for all. European elites rejected the Charter and maintained colonial rule, and FDR's successor, President Truman, established the Truman Doctrine in 1947 to contain communism.
The Doctrine endorsed "political, military, and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces (…) when deemed to be in the best interest of the United States." Essentially, the policy allows the US to determine the tyrants and oppressed people ambiguously.
