https://twitter.com/EritreaStruggle/status/1413647119500595204

  • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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    3 years ago

    In Russia I suspect you might be onto something. I'm not very knowledgeable about Russia though.

    In Anglo countries I think any impression of this is us just overstating our relevance. I can only think of one instance in the past 50 years when any Anglo country had its government subverted. Plus their institutions are some of the longest-standing and strongest in the world; this is connected to how they've been so dominant for so long.

    • Awoo [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      Australia had one of its prime ministers get couped by the CIA and another one literally disappeared, just straight up vanished. Greece was couped by the CIA too.

      You're right though though it is very difficult to destabilise anglo countries. It requires massive effort and resources, something socialists don't have in most places. The American destabilisation wasn't led by socialists, it was led by liberals, the liberal media, the liberal apparatus all working in one unified way.

      The only place where socialists have similar strength is France, Spain and perhaps Greece. All three have successfully destabilised thanks to the efforts of the left.

      • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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        3 years ago

        Gough Whitlam was exactly who I was talking about. And even then, it's the great power subjugating a lesser power, so I'd say it's a different category from popular pressure that overturns a government's policy.

        The other guy was dummy thicc and got nommed by some wildlife.