• RyanGosling [none/use name]
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    15 days ago

    A lot of sanctioned countries also don’t overthrow their governments like the US hopes for because desperation doesn’t always look like someone picking up a gun and going to war for epic democracy. Sometimes that desperation is just keeping your head down to receive the next meal.

    • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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      15 days ago

      Obviously the answer is to increase sanctions and fund right wing terrorism. Eventually the people will get desperate enough to do what the CIA wants.

      • TheDoctor [they/them]
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        15 days ago

        A flow chart where all the paths lead to a box that says “more fascism”

        • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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          15 days ago

          It's like one of those "recycling here, trash here" cans with nothing dividing the actual contents but it's money going to the fascism pile