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Good to know 70 years after the fact when no one cares anymore, and good to know that HN will argue against the CIA doing the same thing in Ukraine in 2014 beca

Good to know 70 years after the fact when no one cares anymore, and good to know that HN will argue against the CIA doing the same thing in Ukraine in 2014 because "the CIA or the CIA controlled news channels haven't publicly acknowledged it yet", it's not like we have something called the internet and it's not like an engineer can do research by themselves and differenciate between real and false information and critically think about things without letting their emotions push them too much into one side, nah all those who research things themselves are conspiracy theorists who believe the earth is flat, and the only way to know is to wait until 2084 for the CIA to publicly acknowlege it lol...

ImHereToVote 3y ago
The NED was responsible for Ukraine. This makes it democratic by definition. Kinda like the Mosaddegh overthrow was intelligent by definition, since it was orchestrated by the CIA.
- thewileyone 3y ago
  The NED is also responsible for many "softer" incidents around the world like the Hong Kong protests.
keymasta 3y ago
It seems there are two types of people. Those who think governmental/financial/legal/medical/technological/etc systems generally serve the public's interests, and those who don't. Internally I refer to the former as "systemic" people. They believe something is good for you because the FDA said so. I find that these people also buy into capitalism. E.g, poor people shouldn't be so stupid/lazy, or their parents shouldn't have been stupid/lazy. I find these people often are privileged and benefit from power imbalances imposed by the system. But it's hard to relate to that once you can see reality more accurately. Classic "conspiracy theory": The term "conspiracy theory" was concocted by the CIA as a label for anyone talking about the JFK assassination. And it was never put to bed. I see the term increasing in usage over time as well. But yeah, systemic people gonna system. Weirdly it seems they outnumber people who form their own opinions.

ImHereToVote 3y ago

The NED was responsible for Ukraine. This makes it democratic by definition. Kinda like the Mosaddegh overthrow was intelligent by definition, since it was orchestrated by the CIA.

thewileyone 3y ago
The NED is also responsible for many "softer" incidents around the world like the Hong Kong protests.

keymasta 3y ago

It seems there are two types of people. Those who think governmental/financial/legal/medical/technological/etc systems generally serve the public's interests, and those who don't. Internally I refer to the former as "systemic" people. They believe something is good for you because the FDA said so. I find that these people also buy into capitalism. E.g, poor people shouldn't be so stupid/lazy, or their parents shouldn't have been stupid/lazy. I find these people often are privileged and benefit from power imbalances imposed by the system. But it's hard to relate to that once you can see reality more accurately. Classic "conspiracy theory": The term "conspiracy theory" was concocted by the CIA as a label for anyone talking about the JFK assassination. And it was never put to bed. I see the term increasing in usage over time as well. But yeah, systemic people gonna system. Weirdly it seems they outnumber people who form their own opinions.