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Re:'Coup 53' tells the story of 1953 campaign by MI6 and CIA... by anigbrowl on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @04:08PM (#24215623)
Power is a hell of a drug.
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Re:'Coup 53' tells the story of 1953 campaign by MI6 and CIA... by 082349872349872 on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @05:26PM (#24216771)
Due to the structure of the power, also a drug that's hard to taper: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24071721 (where "the Gulf" refers to the Gulf of Mexico, not the Persian)

JFK, seeking an exit from that Catch-22, tried to promote international institutions[1] in order to approach a world "where the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved"[2] ... but he got cancelled.

[1] compare late Ezra Pound for 1940's rants almost suitable for the 2020's: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24208047

[2] https://nationalcenter.org/KennedyInaugural.html

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Re:'Coup 53' tells the story of 1953 campaign by MI6 and CIA... by pessimizer on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @05:54PM (#24217150)
JFK also planned to help topple democratic government in Brazil and install the dictatorship. "Operation Brother Sam" was actually executed by LBJ, post-cancellation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Brazilian_coup_d%27%C3%A9...

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