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TIL The United States was responsible for the majority of documented electoral interventions
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The US' glory days are clearly in the past 😔
I’m happy to see most of the hypocrisy limited to the Cold War. Well, that we know of, at least.
We did try to coup Venezuela back in ‘~~02~~20 (right - I thought it was more recently, but I just misread the date multiple times apparently), but we apparently lost our touch in the intervening decade since Cold War I wrapped up.
‘20, but yeah, pretty much par for the course for the Trump admin. Great example of the blowback not being worth it, but that’s never stopped the CIA from trying some dumbass shit.
Makes sense, solidify capitalism globally and help crush any existing communist state. Jobs done so why continue I guess...
My take is the blowback isn’t really worth the effort (Iran as a prime example) so they’ve mostly stopped, but maybe that’s just me hoping for a less cynical reality.
the US switched to sanctions and is now sanctioning like 30% of the world. For instance, afaik, the trump sanctions on venezuela started the current uptick of venezuelan refugees
The refugees as you call them have been steady since 2013, way before the sanctions to 7 specific individuals, but just in time for socialism to fail due to lack of money
the reality is there was a big uptick in border crossings and refugees about a year after the 2017 sanctions blocking oil sales that created a debt crisis and its only gone up since then
Kids these days don't even know how to rig an election. What are they even teaching in schools.