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To be America's enemy is dangerous, but to be its ally is fatal (lemmy.ml)
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[-] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 14 points 11 months ago

Sure, and Russia had their right-wing coup in 1991, and America is currently doing a self-coup.

[-] aeshna_cyanea@lemm.ee 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

People get these confused a lot, but russia has 2 coups in the 90s-

1991 was a failed anti-reformist "left wing" coup that deposed Gorbachev and ended with the fall of the USSR and Yeltsin in power.

1993 was a successful right wing self-coup that allowed Yeltsin to fully consolidate power away from the Russian parliament and towards the presidency. More hamfisted and violent, but in essence similar to what is happening in the US right now

[-] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The US was taken over in a coup when Kennedy was assassinated. We’ve been ruled by the CIA & Mossad ever since.

[-] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 23 points 11 months ago

Eh, while they're part of maintaining the status quo, we're ruled by capital, and that was true before Kennedy too.

[-] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

And the CIA has always been an attack dog of the capitalists. That’s its whole mission.

[-] eluvinar@szmer.info 1 points 11 months ago

Self-coup would suggest someone is in control and actually wants what's happening. That'd be nice.

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