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Re:The Panopticon Is Already Here by baybal2 on Sunday August 02, 2020 @07:04PM (#24032550)
USA has since disposed of their pawns in Chile, Argentina, and did not oppose them being taken out in Indonesia, and Salvador.
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Re:The Panopticon Is Already Here by blaser-waffle on Monday August 03, 2020 @11:11AM (#24038681)
That's because they stopped being useful in pushing back against global communism. Chile, for example, ditched Pinochet but kept the liberal US style economy.

And Argentina is kept in line via WHO loans and regular scourging through economic means.

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