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by SV_BubbleTime 90 days ago
>USAID? Estimates are that this has already killed hundreds of thousands of people who relied on that aid.

I know this was “the line” upfront… but USAID had nothing to do with aid… it was a soft power factory… it was the “we’re helping” face of the CIA.
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vablings 90 days ago
It was not the "helping face of the CIA" it's a means for the United States to maintain first world power order in a quid pro quo scheme.

It's hardly groundbreaking or evil considering every single country with large wealth plays this game (eg; china, india europe ect), I give you lots of money and help your people and in exchange you do/don't do xyz. if you do xyz then we take away the money

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SV_BubbleTime 90 days ago
> it's a means for the United States to maintain first world power order in a quid pro quo scheme.

Um… yes. Run by the CIA, with their helping face mask.

Even if you disagree with what is easily researched… in no fucking way were they and aid organization.

That was the low information “news follower” line put forward until it was so obviously disproven that everyone updated and pretended they didn’t complain about missing HIV vaccines to Africans.

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