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Did the CIA Conclude That Stalin WASN'T a Dictator?
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Idk how much the CIA’s analyses can be relied on regardless of what they said about him.
Does the CIA think Maduro is a dictator?
Publicly? Or internally?
Same situation as Stalin. Public propaganda does not reflect the internal understanding of the organisation.
Idk, it’s hard to say due to the secretive nature of the org but going off pure vibes, I get the feeling that these days the CIA is staffed with a lot of true believers and that they actually believe the BS.
As the video here highlights their understanding of Stalin was, contrary to that one frequently cited page, that he was pretty much an autocrat. And back then they were probably more objective than now, when the people working there grew up soaked in the propaganda from birth.
I’d be willing to bet their internal understanding of Maduro mostly aligns with the propaganda. I think that may be part of the reason that their various regime change attempts over the last 10 years (and more going back to Chavez) have failed so completely.
High on their own supply, with a contingent of extremely capable people who are not and understand the difference between propaganda and reality.
I guess we'll have to wait until 2070 to know for sure