This illusion of exporting democracy is remarkably persistent. -- Michael Lipsey
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This illusion of exporting democracy is remarkably persistent. -- Michael Lipsey
If this had happened in any country in Africa or Asia or Latin America it would have been called sedition, insurrection, an attempted coup.
— Mona Eltahawy (@monaeltahawy) January 6, 2021
Ford Foundation/CIA: Two-Headed Philanthropy – 2/3
Three-Day-Old Fish
So when my conversation with the South American Gentleman turned to my old classmate, I asked him, “What’s Old Friend up to these days? Is he still at the Ford Foundation?”
“No,” said SAG, “he reached a very high position in the Ford Foundation, but then left them and went to work for a Washington think tank.” He seemed impressed with OF’s near miraculous ascent.
“I’m not…
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