Besides, even if it were "funded by the CIA", that would mean the CIA would be helping ordinary people avoid ending up face down with a boot on their neck. I would have very few problems with that.
No, he's saying Sharp is irrelevant. Change only comes through violence or threat of violence so the Parent apparently meant that uprising is so feared that Sharp's methods are being trumpeted as being effective in the hopes of keeping everyone peaceful and controllable.
What are your sources for this claim?