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minus-squareRaivoKullilinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·7 months agoIt sounds like the Ukrainian people wanted the dude removed from power
minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down10·7 months agoOk, Imperialism is good if we think “the people” wanted it. Got it. /s
minus-squareRaivoKullilinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·7 months agoI think popular will winning is generally a good thing
minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down8·7 months agoWho defines the “popular will”?
minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down9·7 months agoSo the CIA asks the people before they coup a government? O.o
minus-squareRaivoKullilinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoIt sounded like there was already protests and civil unrest and the people trying to remove the dude and CIA might’ve (depending who you believe) helped that. So helping a goal the people were already going for
minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·7 months agoThat’s exactly the point: we’ll probably never really know how much the CIA “helped”.
minus-squareRaivoKullilinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·7 months agoSo it could be that they didn’t help much at all, and there isn’t anything to be upset about?
It sounds like the Ukrainian people wanted the dude removed from power
Ok, Imperialism is good if we think “the people” wanted it. Got it. /s
I think popular will winning is generally a good thing
Who defines the “popular will”?
The people probably
So the CIA asks the people before they coup a government? O.o
It sounded like there was already protests and civil unrest and the people trying to remove the dude and CIA might’ve (depending who you believe) helped that. So helping a goal the people were already going for
That’s exactly the point: we’ll probably never really know how much the CIA “helped”.
So it could be that they didn’t help much at all, and there isn’t anything to be upset about?
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