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> It is scarcely an exaggeration to say the US successfully inflicted a fourth reich on the global south over the course of the 20th century. Any left-wing or l
by lp0_on_fire 4y ago
> It is scarcely an exaggeration to say the US successfully inflicted a fourth reich on the global south over the course of the 20th century. Any left-wing or labor movements were threatened or actually put down with shocking fascist violence so that the wealth could keep flowing out of the country to the US.
I don't know if it's the Chomsky talking but this kind of hyperbole taints your argument. While US involvement in Southeast Asia and South America are _far from_ perfect they're even farther from being like a "fourth reich".
- ahelwer 4y agoThe US funded, trained, armed, and supported with propaganda fascist elements in many countries that came to political power and committed mass murders, all for our benefit. Call it whatever you want. "Far from perfect", just lol.
- lp0_on_fire 4y agoI didn't deny that. I just said calling it the "fourth reich" is hyperbole. Do you honestly believe, without hyperbole, that these actions are on the same level as those committed by the Nazis while they were in power. You know they were responsible for the genocide of millions at an industrial scale, yes?
- ahelwer 4y agoMillions of people died in Indonesia, Vietnam, and elsewhere. It is absolutely on the same order of magnitude.
- hahaitsfunny 4y agoLet's not forget about Ukraine too with the CIA training far-right paramilitaries to fight Russia... https://news.yahoo.com/cia-trained-ukrainian-paramilitaries-may-take-central-role-if-russia-invades-185258008.html https://news.yahoo.com/cia-trained-ukrainian-paramilitaries-...
- ahelwer 4y agoI wouldn't personally put that in the same category, but it does illustrate our comfort with arming & training nazis.
- pessimizer 4y agoAlso South Korea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodo_League_massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodo_League_massacre
- wahnfrieden 4y agoYes
- giraffe_lady 4y agokeep going bc you're on the right track.