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> Its literally their intelligence agencies job to destabilize countries whom they benefit from being destabilized. An intelligence agency is something that an
by Mediterraneo10 6y ago
> Its literally their intelligence agencies job to destabilize countries whom they benefit from being destabilized.
An intelligence agency is something that any developed country will come up with, and even some still rather undeveloped ones. However, in many small countries the national intelligence agency is pretty much limited to keeping tabs on who is going into or out of the country, maybe doing some light industrial espionage, or (in the worst case) cracking down on the democratic aspirations of their own citizens. They aren’t projecting covert power abroad, because there simply isn't the budget, political support, or manpower to destablize foreign countries.
- bassman9000 6y agoThis changed with social media. It's the nuke of information technology, with a fraction of the cost.
- rbanffy 6y agoAs a Brazilian living abroad, I can easily see some parts of the right-wing social media bot armies, partly sponsored by the current Brazilian administration, supporting Trump. Which is rather interesting as there is a close alignment between the goals of Brazilian and American administrations. By supporting the current Brazilian government, the current US administration is supporting its own president's reelection. As a side note, it was the previous administration that condoned and supported the coup that ousted the left-leaning government. Fun this always happens before Brazil (or Chile, or Argentina, or anyone else) can become a regional power.