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    2 days ago

    Yeah, some people on the internet like to oversimplify and I get how your impression arises that those people bend the narrative how they like it.

    On the other hand, it’s pretty well-documented that

    • western governments work with authoritarian leaders when they’re not hostile to western corporate interests (see, e.g. Saudi Arabia)
    • western governments fund opposition groups no matter if they’re democratic or not as long as they can expect an outcome that’s better for their corporations’ interests (see, e.g. the guy that leads the current Syrian government; see also the royalist opposition in Iran [mostly in exile])

    Also left-wing opposition inside western states is often demonized although we have similar aims as some highly-praised opposition movements in other countries.