• lepinkainen@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    The amount of soft power the US uses globally is massive, too much and too complex for the current administration to grasp

    They only see the primary effects: “we are losing money”

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      Which is like saying “we are losing money to the grocery store…”

      So their response is to stop eating… as if they don’t grasp it’s not LOSING money it BUYING influence.

      I have to believe they get this and want to divert that money to their own profits while screaming “efficiency!”

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        Also they didn’t know that a massive amount of USAID operations are used as CIA covers. It’s a good way to get agents a legitimate reason to be in a country.