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[–] 13 points 3 months ago

But think of all the money they made in those 40 years. And the ones who made that money are not in neighborhoods with a lot of immigrants, except to clean the pool or mow the lawn.

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    [–] 9 points 3 months ago

    Smedley Butler knew what was up.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_a_Racket

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    [–] 19 points 3 months ago (8 children)

    A better questions is, why the fuck do so many people want to go to the same country that's responsible for fucking theirs up so bad, that they don't want to live there anymore? It's like Stockholm syndrome.

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  • [–] 39 points 3 months ago

    Because they're just trying to survive and provide for their family, and don't spend all their time on the internet making memes about the socioeconomic impacts of foreign government agencies?

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago

    for a long time america has been portrayed as the shining beacon of freedom, democracy, and opportunity. it was also a country where some amount of (white) people working one job per family got to live comfortably for a while. wouldn't surprise me if despite all the horrors of imperialism some people still think american life is good.

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    • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I know this meme is for more recent events, but Operation Condor fucked up the entirety of South America. And americans are being heavily influenced to "akshually nazis went to Argentina to hide after wwII" as if it wasn't their fault

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    Operation Condor

    sigh

    here we go again

    Operation Condor also had the covert support of the US government. Washington provided Condor with military intelligence and training, financial assistance, advanced computers, sophisticated tracking technology, and access to the continental telecommunications system housed in the Panama Canal Zone.

    in 1977 intelligence agencies from Britain, France and West Germany looked into using the tactics employed in Operation Condor against leftwing "subversives" in their own countries

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