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They need to keep the capital flowing in order to fund the police/military that prop up the authoritarian regime.
by briholt 9y ago
They need to keep the capital flowing in order to fund the police/military that prop up the authoritarian regime.
- baursak 9y agoIt's difficult to figure out what's really going on there. I followed Abby Martin's reporting on the ground recently, and it's quite eye opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUYWrPiUeWY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUYWrPiUeWY
- briholt 9y agoI've only seen a few pieces by Martin, but everyone was a gross distortion of the situation covered. She's a propagandist pushing anti-Western narratives, not a journalist summarizing the facts. I suspect her coverage here may be influenced by her anti-Western feelings.