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Re:Australian activist can't use encrypted apps, must let po... by boffinAudio on Monday August 01, 2022 @10:37AM (#32306567)
The Junta has a trillion dollars a year to do whatever evils it wishes to the world. I don't think any of the generals are going to be butt-hurt about being fired, especially when the revolving door between the CFR and the JCoS is so well-greased with the blood of innocent people across the globe. The goal isn't local power, that is a done deal - the purpose of the junta is the projection of global power.

The proof is in the pudding: Yemen, Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Nigeria, Somalia, Ukraine, etc.

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Re:Australian activist can't use encrypted apps, must let po... by ch4s3 on Monday August 01, 2022 @11:53AM (#32307859)
A Junta is an oligarchy lead by a military council. The US literally has civilian rule, you're misapplying the term. Myanmar has a junta, the US does not.
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Re:Australian activist can't use encrypted apps, must let po... by boffinAudio on Tuesday August 02, 2022 @03:27AM (#32316017)
>A Junta is an oligarchy lead by a military council.

The USA has exactly this, in the form of the revolving door that connects the Joint Chiefs of Staff with the CFR.

https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/

See also: https://s3.amazonaws.com/docs.pogo.org/report/2018/POGO_Bras...

Its figureheads give the impression of democracy, but nobody voted to murder 5% of Iraqs population - the generals went ahead and did it anyway.

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