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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (10 children)

That's actually the really sad story here.

Every "experimental" regime was either toppled (Chile) or had to align with the USSR (Cuba) to survive. There was never a real attempt at democratic socialist politics without interference from superpowers.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (5 children)

There was never a government at all without interference from superpowers.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Of course, but most governments are allowed to mostly be sovereign.

Sweden or Australia play ball on their own, no need for a coup here.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Lol, what? Australia is a US lackee more than anywhere else. And the CIA was definitely involved in the Whitlam sacking.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

For real, the US committed a coup in Australia with Whitlam. They don't constrain the CIA to just poor countries.

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