This. I was surprised to see the outrage over USAID, which up until now I had considered an arm of the CIA. Of course you are downvoted, because right now the

This. I was surprised to see the outrage over USAID, which up until now I had considered an arm of the CIA. Of course you are downvoted, because right now the progressive thing is to support these institutions and not question them. But this attitude used to be the domain of the left and so was seen differently. Now that the right is saying it, we have to downvote you. Edit: Some pre-2025 links: https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/04/03/cuban-twitter-and-other-times-usaid-pretended-to-be-an-intelligence-agency/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/04/03/cuban-twitter-and-other... https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AA2RFE4CPSKBZ78P https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AA2RFE4CPSKBZ78P https://mronline.org/2008/09/23/usaid-key-weapon-in-dirty-war-on-latin-america/ https://mronline.org/2008/09/23/usaid-key-weapon-in-dirty-wa... (from a socialist magazine, so take w/ a grain of salt) https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2004/11/coup-connection/ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2004/11/coup-connection... Please do not be blinded by your well deserved distaste for trump. People calling for the ending of USAID are not all MAGA.