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Is saying obvious American proxies doing things for America denying whole people's their agency? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago by SkingradGuard@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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I'm wondering what our take on this is.

Here's an example on libsky . It reads as genuinely frustrated. However I've seen this same line trotted out by NAFO about Ukraine and how it's impossible it's being directed by the US Government, because people have agency (making it Russian propaganda/"shallow analysis").

I feel like there's a small point being made, obviously not all groups funded by America/American proxies are incapable of acting alone.

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[–] marx_mentat@hexbear.net 31 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

These same people cry about things like "russiagate" and foreign influence on our population whenever it does something they don't like.

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah it comes off as a very radlib form of concern trolling. So much for "agency"!

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 9 points 2 weeks ago

Because it is