DISINFO: Americans developed a technology that can strip states of their sovereignty without war
SUMMARY
Americans have developed a technology that can exploit states, completely strip them of their sovereignty and identity, and subject them to American will without war, by influencing society and forming new indicative symbols in it, directing this society against the state through national administrations, and forcing it to submit to the will of America.
RESPONSE
The article’s message is consistent with the broad pro-Kremlin narrative that depicts ordinary political opposition as attempts by the United States or the West to instigate unrest aimed at overthrowing unwelcome regimes in post-Soviet states and other regions.
This narrative claims that protests, disorders and civil uprisings are never manifestations of popular discontent or the results of internal political discussions or dynamics, but are merely 'colour revolutions' directed and funded by Western intelligence services or other Western actors in order to destabilise targeted foreign states and bring about regime change. As such, this narrative is based on a disregard for local peoples' aspirations.
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