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  • AppleTea@lemmy.ziptoJust Post@lemmy.worldSimple
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    23 days ago

    OK great. Amend your comment to mine. The last point still stands:

    You counteract forgiven influence by giving people a reason to trust their local institutions. By delivering positive material change to hundreds of millions. Without that, it is just pointing fingers and complaining.


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    23 days ago

    Sure. But the way you counteract oh-so-scary foreign influence is by having institutions and leaders behave in a way that builds public trust.

    Just pointing at some nation on the other side of the planet and saying, “They’re trying to trick you!” does jack shit. It’s misplaced priorities at best and rabid jingoism at worst.