not so fun fact: The Economist was a consistent advocate for the Vietnam war, criticized Kissinger for waging the war too gently, backed the carpet bombing of Cambodia and argued the US should remain fighting it indefinitely.
https://twitter.com/theeconomist/status/1428678644109561860
The Economist also backed
Pinochet’s 1973 coup against Allende in Chile
Arming the Mujaheddin
Arming of the contras in Nicaragua
Invasion of Grenada
The Persian Gulf war
Afghanistan invasion
Iraq invasion
They, however, opposed:
The US civil war
Pinochet’s 1973 coup against Allende in Chile
Arming the Mujaheddin
Arming of the contras in Nicaragua
Invasion of Grenada
The Persian Gulf war
Afghanistan invasion
Iraq invasion
They, however, opposed:
The US civil war
“the Economist had backed an outright invasion of tiny Grenada in 1983, and the toppling of its revolutionary government... it airily defended this act, on the grounds that ‘adversaries of the west should live in a state of uncertainty'"
Zevin. “Liberalism at Large" (2019)
Zevin. “Liberalism at Large" (2019)
Yes The Economist was a major cheerleader for this too, including whitewashing the overt fascism of the coup plotters and lying about election fraud, even after the OAS walked backed their claims.
https://twitter.com/tedge13/status/1428696415530782725
The Economist didn't just back the 1973 coup in Chile, it was an active participant in it. Indeed, as a token of appreciation to The Economist for helping propagandize the coup, "the generals bought 9,750 copies [of The Economist], distributed through Chilean embassies" - Zevin 
Like the NYT, The Economist was, of course, also central to winning over centrists and liberals to the cause of invading Iraq. Also consistently lying and inflating threats.
anyway, Biden appears to have pissed off all of TERF island so that's cool i guess telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
absolutely supported that too, calling the MI6 bought and paid for street protests “explosion of public feeling’ and demanding the US support a blockade of Iran's recently nationalized oil exports.
https://twitter.com/Whoda_Ida/status/1428700455350284292
But it's The Economist's editorials on the anti-colonial uprisings in British Kenya the year prior in 1952 that take the racist imperial cake
If you just want a pod on how shitty the Economist is we did a whole ass episode on it with the writer of Liberalism at Large
https://twitter.com/citationspod/status/1220014419549118464
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