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@newt @iska
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@Hyolobrika
Isn't this exactly what the term means: you're unable to fall asleep properly so you're always woke — i.e. sleep deprived 🤪

@Hyolobrika @kravietz @feld @thatguyoverthere
If oil was involved in the decision making it wasn't the primary motivation. But when it was done — oil production companies just started filling the void, companies from all around the world, including countries that never approved of the whole thing — just not to be "too late to the party", so did the US companies — not because they were *enabled* to act.

@Hyolobrika @kravietz @feld @thatguyoverthere
Resistance is futile — if it were KGB/GRU, they would've fucked up at least twice on every stage of the operation.
More likely scenario IMO is that however bad it is, this operation was part genuine concern of the situation in the region, part dirty political games (i.e. certain people acting for their own political gain, not as state actor) and part incompetence — bad intel, etc-etc.

@Hyolobrika @kravietz @feld @thatguyoverthere
If they indeed "did it for the oil" — it would be wise to "protect the investments" and make sure others can't join the party, at least not on this scale. Of course we can delve further into conspiracy and suspect that letting Russian companies in was in fact according to the plan — to whitewash the US foreign influence operation. But if that is the case — US intelligence community is hands down too competent.

@Hyolobrika @kravietz @feld @thatguyoverthere
Fair point, but the share of all US companies is not an order of magnitude greater than the combined share of Russian oil producers, IIRC it's not even two times greater — the numbers are comparable. And yet "Powell shaking the vial at UN" is a major propaganda talking point here. So it would be like you've robbed some guy, and me being like: "Okay, I'll take my share of course, but you're such a bastard for robbing that poor fella!"😏

Apparently, Google has fixed their "AI" bullshit: https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/31/google_ai_search_update/
Now I'm thinking of starting a conspiracy theory about Deep State attempting to downplay the health benefits of eating rocks and putting glue on pizza.
Any suggestions? Words of wisdom? 😏

@threat @kaia
> i don't know what this word vacation means. 🦖
Never was a fan myself, I appreciate time when I can afford thinking outside the usual bread-winning box (even if it's doing what I always do, but doing it for myself) way more than being able to sip cocktails lying on the beach. But whatever helps you unwind!

@thatguyoverthere @kravietz @feld
And it's not some conspiracy, it's all public, and everyone — including those in CIA, have this example right in front of them. What happens when you sow chaos for the sake of sowing chaos, hoping that you would be somehow able to take control over it later. So they have to think twice about it.

@thatguyoverthere @kravietz @feld
It wasn't heaven on earth, so-called Middle East was never land of the free — but considering the region and time, it was a rather liberal country — mostly secular. And it turned into a theocratic hell hole. I don't have anything against religion when it's people's personal beliefs and even against organised religion to a degree, but not when it becomes an aide for some group to stay in power indefinitely.

@thatguyoverthere @kravietz @feld
I can keep going about these things forever, but my position is: their intent might be evil, and it's indeed might be there, they might be even imagining themselves as puppeteers running the whole world, but real efficiency of this foreign influence thing is hard to measure and overall questionable.
Besides, we have our case in point — Iran.

@thatguyoverthere @kravietz @feld
OMG, European companies are there too, but it's not only them: China, Turkey — those who can't be suspected to be US' lapdog; but there is more — Russia, one of the most vocal critics!
I mean — yep, US involvement didn't bring any good, that is for sure. Debatably, that was a dirty political game and some Americans are willing to take the blame, but if they indeed "did it for the oil", apparently, they did a rather shitty job.

@thatguyoverthere @kravietz @feld
Were any of these countries that are often attributed to be "ruined by CIA" ever prosperous? There are particularly funny cases, such as Iraq. I've been rewatching Vice recently — not a bad movie of course, very entertaining and well-made, but it's implied throughout the movie: "They did it for the oil!" Now let's take a look into who is mining oil in Iraq: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_industry_in_Iraq#Service_contracts_licensing_results

@thatguyoverthere @kravietz @feld
When it comes to CIA involvement, on one hand I understand where this is coming from, it's American guilty conscience speaking: "It was us who ruined their country!", on the other — it denies people in other countries their free will. It's like you said — not direct mind control, more like favouring one party over the other, but if tipping the balance of scales can result in collapse, this means that society is already in an unhealthy state.

@thatguyoverthere @kravietz @feld
And when it's foreign intelligence, it's even less control and I'm pretty sure that a lot of the money they are pouring into it might be yielding no return at all and goes into drugs and cheap booze for "very perspective" young political activists, journalists, some — probably into more expensive booze for professors of who-the-fuck-knows-what from a plethora of high-brow think tanks 😂

@thatguyoverthere @kravietz @feld
Yes, but as individuals become leaders of movements, they get more ambitious and harder to keep on the leash. E.g. it was discovered that Lech Wałęsa had ties with domestic intelligence — if anyone is surprised, it's not me 🤷 In the end it was him who had the last laugh: it was him who fucked the system over and succeeded, not the other way around as it usually happens, so who am I to judge?

@threat @kaia
Then it could be that you're just exhausted and there's no cause for alarm. As you grow older, you start having the feeling that you have less and less time left — but this doesn't mean that you have to start burning the candle both ends. Getting sleep in order and maybe even sorting your shit out and going on vacation before pursuing new projects never harmed anybody.

@Hyolobrika @feld
The problem was already blown out of proportion as it is, but in case with 1 on 1 chats it's not even relevant.
Besides, I think they have already implemented a "sort of" fix for that: "Never send encrypted messages to unverified sessions in this room from this session" in room settings is just that, but it's not perfect as you have to enable it for each of your sessions individually.