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How do you know the protests are organized by the CIA?
by jonnybgood 6y ago
How do you know the protests are organized by the CIA?
- anticodon 6y agoThere's no hard evidence, CIA isn't that stupid. But most of of the current Russian opposition is funded by CIA. Sometimes it's evident (some of the opposition media outlets are funded directly from Washington), sometimes it's less evident (e.g. Navalny receiving millions of USD via "anonymous bitcoin donation"). Another indirect evidence is that their discourse is exactly aligned with western media discourse. They have no points of disagreement. If western media criticize something in Russia, we hear same criticism from Russian opposition. You can translate your Economist or CNN website, and you'll get Meduza.io or Radio Freedom. It's hard to believe that such 100% agreement in tiniest details is accidental.
- 3v1n0 6y agoOr maybe they just think the same because it's the right one? Far from being an American fan here, but doubting and not playing the CIA conspiracy theory card can help at times. Regimes live on this kind of support, so until there's no a critical mass understanding that something isn't fine, nothing will change
- anticodon 6y agoMate, you can read in official US documents that they spend tens, maybe hundreds of millions of USD on anti-Russian propaganda. It's just the amount that is openly admitted. Every year they open new organizations to "fight Russian propaganda", with huge budgets. It's not a conspiracy, you can find it in the open US sources. Even US embassies in Russia published information on how to join protests this winter.
- 3v1n0 6y agoI don't think that supporting positions is the same as conspiring against them, but I don't care what US gov does. But I don't think that it's a full conspiracy that involves papers, everywhere in the rest of the world.
- pestatije 6y agoThat's an interesting view, but how do you know it's the CIA, and not for instance, the army, mosad, scientology, or apple?