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Re:Decoupling isn't phoney – The global trading system is st... by edgyquant on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @02:30PM (#37326715)
This isn’t true, they always preferred them. They did a number of misguided things in the name of containing communism but all of that was

1. over fifty years ago or more at this point

2. Unpopular with the public

so it doesn’t seem like a good faith stance to pretend that’s current Us doctrine. It’s an ignorant whataboutism used by defenders of brutal regimes.

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Re:Decoupling isn't phoney – The global trading system is st... by jacooper on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @03:31PM (#37327677)
As if 2. Changes anything.

Heck they even did a coup not too long ago because a country rich with lithium elected a socialist government.

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Re:Decoupling isn't phoney – The global trading system is st... by oa335 on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @10:25PM (#37331768)
Is it possible that the US continues to interfere in foreign elections but we don’t know about it because we are subject to propaganda? 50 years ago, do you think the US populace was aware of their governments complicity in overthrowing democratically elected governments? Or did they only come to light 20-30 years later?
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Re:Decoupling isn't phoney – The global trading system is st... by jacooper on Friday September 01, 2023 @05:18AM (#37348506)
They are still doing it. They are still overthrowing governments they don't like.

https://theintercept.com/2020/07/23/the-u-s-supported-coup-i...

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