A Second Thought video arguing that the CIA is responsible for serious crimes, coups and unrest around the world, with historical examples and further reading.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN commenters cite it as a source for US-backed coups and foreign policy contradictions, and as an example of a video they say YouTube suppressed.
“i'd like to leave this important video here for anyone who hasn't yet seen it”HN comment, 2021
“i'd like to leave this important video here for anyone who hasn't yet seen it”
Presented as important video on US foreign policy contradictions.
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> The US doesn't have the moral high ground either. > The US started killed so many innocent people in the Middle East to get their hands on the oil. Thanks for writing your comment, i was thinking of writing something similar. > I find it amusing when an American judges the UAE. yeah i don't understand how Americans gloss over the myriad of contradictions, and just the overall violence, of US foreign policy i'd like to leave this important video here for anyone who hasn't yet seen it: The CIA is a Terrorist Organization // this video
Recommendsbeckman466Sep 2021
“Seriously, please consider a few of these”
Offered as reading on financial imperialism.
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All of this is easy to say for someone living on the 'other side of Imperialism', as Vijay Prashad beautifully says: link I take issue with everything you've written. You somehow still believe the words you use are themselves evidence (and it's obvious they originate from western media firms who manufacture consent - it impacts you (unconsciously) even if you consider yourself very progressive/leftist). Who controls the world through financial imperialism? It isn't China. Seriously, please consider a few of these: this videolinklink
Cites itfabianhjrDec 2020
“The United States has admitted to perpetrating coups to get a us-friendly dictator in otherwise democratic societies”
Cited as evidence of US-backed coups.
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The United States has admitted to perpetrating coups to get a us-friendly dictator in otherwise democratic societies: this video
Cites itLa1nAug 2021
“the creator of which was (according to them) visited by DHS for”
Example of video requiring age check.
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I don't have a link, but I've noticed that quite a few videos in the similar corner of topics need an "age check" (e.g. this video , the creator of which was (according to them) visited by DHS for "anti-american sentiments" [1] ) [1] link
Cites itfabianhjrOct 2021
“which was sourced only from things the CIA / US Government have formally admitted on the record”
Example of video allegedly suppressed by YouTube.
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Youtube instantly demonetized, put behind triple community warnings, and removed from search the video "The CIA is a Terrorist Organization" ( this video ) which was sourced only from things the CIA / US Government have formally admitted on the record as having done in the past.
Cites itfabianhjrNov 2021
“The same one that caused YouTube to try to bury the video titled”
Example of video YouTube allegedly buried.
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The same one that caused YouTube to try to bury the video titled "The CIA is a Terrorist Organization" < this video > and a three letter agencies to visit the author to investigate "anti-american sentiment" < link >
Cites itbeckman466Feb 2022
“most reporting in the west is intentionally deeply Islamophobic”
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i hear what you're saying but i've spent too much time in the Middle East to know that most reporting in the west is intentionally deeply Islamophobic; mostly to manufacture consent for imperialist wars that allow the global north propertied/capitalist class to plunder and dominate. this videolink
Cites itfabianhjrJul 2022
“Source”
Cited as source for US-backed coups.
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I am from latin america and at least neither China nor Russia have participated in coup d'etat to install a military junta to then torture and massacre anyone slightly left of the US "Democratic" Party. Source: this video
Cites itAinderSJul 2022
“it is not a government agency like any other [1].”
Background on CIA's history.
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I can only imagine that this comment was written in total ignorance of the CIA's storied history. Suffice it to say that it is not a government agency like any other [1]. If "former" FSB agents held key positions controlling social media content in your country, that would likewise not be concerning, right? And regardless of just how scarlet the letter should be that "ex" CIA employees carry, it goes without saying any (social) media organization that wants to maintain even the thinnest pretense of neutrality and independence cannot give "ex" intelligence agents, of any country, editorial control. [1] this video - "The CIA is a terrorist organization", also discussed on HN: link
Cites itfabianhjrMar 2024
“most of the world has quite the different experience”
Cited for non-US perspective on US market ideology.
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One that promotes laissez faire capitalism and proclaims to the world the moral virtue of pure market competition? Though, most of the world has quite the different experience: this video
