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I think this derives from “state-sponsored”. “The state” has a distinct meaning from country or nation which I think is important to capture too. I think your
by peteretep 6y ago
I think this derives from “state-sponsored”. “The state” has a distinct meaning from country or nation which I think is important to capture too.
I think your point about confusion with constituent states is spot on though
- cutemonster 6y agoThanks! Aha, so "state" here refers to the people running the country? Rather than the citizens / "all people living there", (or geographical area) So, could be organizations indirectly paid by, just an example, Putin or the CCP. But who the people in Russia or China don't know about (and might not have supported). -- I'm not a native speaker (I guess you've noticed :-))