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.

  • Barx [none/use name]
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    9 days ago

    I mean of course it is, but the only question is whether it is true. Whole peoples can be backed by a group and thereby lose agency due to their influence. But more typically it is not whole peoples, it is a subset, and they achieve outsized power due to funda from the outside group. This will have undermined the agency of everyone else.

    IMO agency discussions are usually bad faith liberalism trying to avoid discussing the material forcea of geopolitics. Sometimes it is valid, but usually it isn't.

    • SkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]
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      9 days ago

      IMO agency discussions are usually bad faith liberalism trying to avoid discussing the material forcea of geopolitics. Sometimes it is valid, but usually it isn't.

      Yeah that was my gut feeling too, extremely bad faith.