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for decades, it has been an essential arm of American imperialism that often serves as a tool for regime change, election interference, and the destabilization of countries around the world.
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the US weaponizes humanitarian aid by masking its strategic interests with the rhetoric of altruism.
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the agency has “generated vast stores of political capital” in the countries where it works and uses its leverage to bolster American financial interests, like helping a US company “enter a new market.”
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“USAID isn’t charity,” he wrote in a post on X. “It’s a foreign policy tool with bipartisan origins that is critical in this dangerous global environment.
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It’s no secret that the agency is an extension of America’s aggressive foreign policy. It was first created by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 to counter influence from the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
✏️ So many things erupted out of the need to “counter influence from the Soviet Union”. #xref with the bidet thing, the propaganda arm of the CIA in funding modern art ala Warhol, etc., the movement to valorize housewives and domestication of women as a counter to the Soviet push for women in sciences etc. 🔗 View Highlight
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USAID has played a key role in efforts designed to crush socialist movements, foment regime change, and safeguard US corporate interests worldwide.
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USAID reportedly led a project to secretly create a “Cuban Twitter” aimed at stirring unrest to trigger regime change.