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‘This is a coup’: Trump and Musk’s purge is cutting more than costs, say experts
(www.theguardian.com)
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You have been CIA'd ... this is what all those South American countries felt in the 70s and 80s ... this is what Iran and the Middle East felt like in 1950s ... this is what Indonesia felt like in 1960s .... this is what Africa has always felt
That feeling of being totally hopeless, helpless and being held at the whims of powerful wealthy overlords that could destroy your life, your community and your country at any moment? .... the CIA has made most of the world feel like that for about a hundred years and now they're doing it to their own people.
Isn't it being Russia-ed?
*KGBed
I don't think it's the CIA doing it to us. We are just dumb as bricks and voted for this because eggs were expensive and trans people bad or something. But I don't disagree with anything else.
Russia learned a few tricks from our CIA...
This a thousand times. This is Milton Friedman's Economic Shock Treatment come home to roost.
Milton would be so happy now ☺️