Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
by Dmitry Kosyrev
[RIA] Before us is a visual aid on the topic of what a real democrat is: this is a creature that must have unshakable confidence in the invincibility of its ideas and plans, even - and especially - contrary to obvious reality. And if, in addition, we are talking about a woman whose job is to distribute money around the world in support of the ideas and plans mentioned, then the case is especially difficult.
We are talking about Samantha Power , known to us mainly for her work as the US Permanent Representative to the UN under Barack Obama from 2013 to 2017, a professional and fiery human rights activist, and now the head of USAID , the government Agency for International Development. She just wrote an article about how it's time for democracies around the world to take the offensive.
What is USAID? Here is just one recent story . The special forces of the Russian Guard found in the LPR methodological manuals for the work of activists of this office in Ukraine , discrediting Russia in the eyes of local residents, promoting LGBT values, and so on. The finds were handed over to the prosecutor's office. And Russia and Ukraine are by no means the only targets of such activity.
The value of Power's article is in an unexpected thesis: if earlier democracy around the world was in retreat, now, specifically since the beginning of 2022, the authoritarians of the whole world have been dealt a heavy blow. Russia suffers a permanent defeat in Ukraine, China is not in the best position. And as a result, indexes and ratings of democracy broke up everywhere.
This is a very important feature of any and every propaganda of our enemy - it always relies on an enormous, as it were, science of shamanism. For each direction of global brainwashing (and there are many of these directions), a powerful structure of science-like centers and funds is being created. Which replace the real science, if any. All this is calculated on the fact that the broad masses of the people will not wonder how all these indices and ratings are calculated and whether this is nonsense.
And here's a good picture for you. As Samantha herself admits, since the turn of the century it has been true that democracy is in retreat around the world. The howl from the human rights network reached the heavens. And suddenly – between mid-2020 and the end of 2022 – the approval ratings of bad leaders in 27 countries, well-chosen by a competent group of scientists from Cambridge , fell by ten percent. Ten percent!
On the other hand, how else. If you explain to your activists and other supporters that your cause has been going downhill for the third decade, they might get upset. They must know that they are winning. Especially since Joseph Robinette Biden came to power.
That's not all. Samantha Power makes one very correct and good point in the order of work on the bugs. She says: it's time to end the situation when another American boy (or girl) comes to power somewhere in the world, as economic collapse and impoverishment begin in this country. As a result, the main problem that destroyed the authority of democracy was the growing universal conviction that these same “autocrats” and “populists” (including, by the way, President Trump) are much better at ensuring economic growth and prosperity.
So, says Samantha, there is no need to repeat past mistakes when we brought our man to power in one part of the world or another and immediately began to look at him with a squint: does he catch mice or not? We need a new agenda, a new approach to democracy: that is, immediately give your person brought to power a lot of money, and everything will work out.
Money is her part. In fact, the entire article is a self-promotional self-report about how USAID is doing great, plus an indirect reminder: Samantha and her office have a $30 billion budget . But in general, she also reminded, the United States and its partners in the G7 want to mobilize 600 billion by 2027 just to finance global infrastructure. And when it comes to such money, it is very important to explain to everyone that, finally, the opponents lose, and their own win.
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