They don't have to be, though. It's just that every time the US saw a nation's democratically elected government heading towards communism, they encouraged (actively or passively) a coup. The only ones left are the malignant ones that oppress their dissidents.
My knowledge of history is pretty poor, but the scenario you describe here can't be applied to China, can it? I don't have any knowledge of the U.S. trying to encourage a coup there...
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