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AOC brags about her transformation into a loyal agent of US imperialism (www.wsws.org)
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[–] 15 points 3 years ago (5 children)

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

    To be nuanced on the question of AOC in Niger, while I suppose it's not impossible that a 19(?) year old AOC was a CIA agent that helped carry out a coup, I think it's much more likely that she played a peripheral role, simply working for neoliberal NGOs. She seemed to be part of some kind of Gates-Foundation style project to lower the birth rate and encourage contraceptive use. Not to suggest that NGOs aren't often CIA fronts with a decidedly reactionary role in geopolitics, just that her imperialist role in Niger was more passive than active.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    I think these types of program (e.g. USAID) are a means to select for idealistic youths who are amenable to toeing the State Department lines and cooperate with intelligence agencies, and to induct them into a broader political-intelligence network.

    In other words, a grooming process for future ghouls.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    while I suppose it's not impossible that a 19(?) year old AOC was a CIA agent

    I think this is a really salient point, not just in reference to the NGO work but in terms of her being a turncoat in general. I think there's a natural tendency to reframe how we look at someone's past when we grow disillusioned with someone because of their actions, but I don't think AOC set out to get elected with the express goal of misdirecting revolutionary sentiment into support for the future Biden Administration.

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