Both are useful in achieveing American political aims abroad, so getting rid of them seems like a bad choice from the perspective of the US government
Both are useful in achieveing American political aims abroad, so getting rid of them seems like a bad choice from the perspective of the US government
My theory is that the oligarchs have recognized that traditional media platforms and thinktanks, which have been the main recipients of NED/USAID, are starting to become obsolete and also have lost credibility from the public. There is also the rise of cryptocurrencies as a way to obscure transactions and anonymously transfer funds.
I think moving forward they’re going to shift their strategy to funding influencers in social media platforms through means like cryptocurrency, this also makes it easier to increase funding just look at all the cryptocurrency scams, dumbasses throw their money at these scams consistently.
I do wonder what the economics of these crypto scams are like. Like it’s not poor working class people getting scammed, but wealthier middle classes (landlords?) who then, to compensate for losing money, increase their rents/squeeze the working class for more value.
In the imperial core i think it covers all backgrounds, especially middle class guys with white collar jobs, in the global south is mostly petit bourgeois and bourgeois the ones that get scammed by these since you need to be very americanized to know about that sphere.