US agencies have directly and indirectly trained and empowered Nazis and ultra-nationalists at home and abroad to fight Russians in Ukraine. This program follows the blueprint established by Western intelligence agencies in Afghanistan and Syria. From 1978 (not ’79 as many believe), the administration of Jimmy Carter decided to “draw the Russians into the Afghan trap,” in the words of the President’s National Security Advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski. US intelligence called on its British counterparts to activate networks of Afghan fighters. […]
sorry I didn’t mean the government. I mean prob the majority of average amerikan citizens are worryingly complicit in the state of the empire.
Yes, anyone who knows about Amerika’s invasions and coups and still supports it is definitely complicit. Unfortunately, every person living in the imperial core who doesn’t actively prepare for revolution (if they can) is somewhat complicit (including myself, at least for the time being), but I can hardly fault a low-income worker who can’t organize without losing their job
I live with my liberal family. Not much success getting them to accept the imminence of this and to prepare. Which is scary. The TV doesn’t help.
Same here, except I don’t live with them anymore and try to avoid talking about politics when visiting
Many amerikans don’t have the curiosity to figure out. They rather not talk about it and push it under the rug. Which is not ok.
unfortunately, it’s not just limited to Amerikans