I'm wondering what our take on this is.
Here's an example on libsky . It reads as genuinely frustrated. However I've seen this same line trotted out by NAFO about Ukraine and how it's impossible it's being directed by the US Government, because people have agency (making it Russian propaganda/"shallow analysis").
I feel like there's a small point being made, obviously not all groups funded by America/American proxies are incapable of acting alone.
People are affected by material conditions, and the USA is very good at manipulating those material conditions from afar. That's all.
'agency' or 'free will' are nonsensical concepts with no significant shared definition. People's actions are ~99% based on their material and social contexts, and those contexts are heavily controlled by central authorities, some of whom are in turn heavily controlled by the USA.