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Caitlin Johnstone ⏳

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Mar 21

The Only 'Agency' Ukraine Has Is The Central Intelligence Kind

"That Ukraine has lacked independent agency in this war and the events leading up to it is something you are simply not allowed to say.
Well, I'm saying it."
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The Only 'Agency' Ukraine Has Is The Central Intelligence Kind

"Denying the western role in subverting Ukrainian sovereignty doesn't benefit ordinary Ukrainians, it hurts them."
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The Only 'Agency' Ukraine Has Is The Central Intelligence Kind

"This IS a proxy war. Kyiv IS a puppet regime. Ukraine does NOT have independent agency in any meaningful way."

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Caitlin Johnstone ⏳

@caitoz

Mar 20

Here Let Me Help You

Here let me take
that heavy great coat
from your calcified arms
in that rigor mortis pose
of terrified indulgences,
of frozen over friendliness,
of fossilized intransigence,
concocted nonchalance.

Here let me hold
that study of aloofness,
that casual obsessiveness
you meticulously crafted
into the scaffold of your face meat
that one day on your tricycle
when the kid from school made fun of you
and you couldn't let him win.

Here let me help
you untangle scribbled innards
that bottle up your rivers
and cause dams to swell and break.
Let me gently take the rocks
that you formed from fright and timber
to try and keep the outside world
from dumping you in its wake.

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Caitlin Johnstone ⏳

@caitoz

Mar 20

Someday in the not-too-distant future Australia will likely be play a prominent role in the US empire's agenda to halt the rise of China. When that happens, I will most certainly say that our nation is being used as a *proxy* by the US, which has indeed subverted our *agency*.

As with Ukraine, Australia has been the subject of multiple US coups and is now functionally a US military/intelligence asset, which is why Julian Assange is permitted to waste away behind bars. Canberra is a puppet regime just like Kyiv.

In the very likely event that the aforementioned proxy conflict happens, anyone who shrieks "You're depriving Australians of their AGENCY!" at those who point it out will be wrong, and will be an asshole. Our agency was TAKEN AWAY, by the very empire under scrutiny.

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Caitlin Johnstone ⏳

@caitoz

Mar 19

Yes it's a proxy war, yes Kyiv is a puppet regime, no Ukraine does not have independent "agency" in any meaningful way. These facts are the fault of the US empire, which has used its vassal state to deliberately ignite a proxy war that advances pre-existing geostrategic agendas.

https://twitter.com/caitoz/status/1505276613285810178

I don't know why this is shocking to anyone. This is literally what the US empire *always* does. That's why it is able to be an empire.

https://twitter.com/caitoz/status/1505276613285810178

The alligator snapping turtle uses its tongue to lure fish into its mouth by wiggling it around to resemble a worm. Nobody acts surprised when the animal does this; that's just the kind of animal that it is. Same thing with the US empire luring enemies into proxy wars.

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Caitlin Johnstone ⏳

@caitoz

Mar 19

I found out about nuclear war in about '83. I was 8ish. I snuck out of bed to watch TV and my parents were watching a dystopian flick called "Threads". After about 5 minutes, I legged it back to bed, my heart thumping in my throat. In many ways, that was the end of my childhood.

For years after, the possibility of nuclear holocaust loomed over my little head with every passing plane. It ruined everything. Eventually though I found ways to reframe the threat, disassociate from the anxiety, compartmentalizing away until it didn't feel like a thing anymore.

It's still a thing though. It's a thing more than ever.

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Caitlin Johnstone ⏳

@caitoz

Mar 18

One reason the US sucks at winning wars despite its reputation is that a for-profit military system is as efficient and cost-effective as a for-profit healthcare system. Worse really, since trillions could never go unaccounted for in the Department of Health and Human Services.

It's a lot harder to win wars when your military exists to generate profits instead of win wars. So the USA's massively bloated military budget is not a great indication of how powerful its military actually is. They're quite literally not getting much bang for their buck.

The US empire's real might lies in its tactics of economic and financial manipulation, and even more in its unparallelled system of international narrative control. The way it uses Silicon Valley, Hollywood and the oligarchic media to manipulate public thought is unprecedented.

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