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Honestly does the US really need to actively fund propaganda outlets anymore? I feel like Amerikkkans are so propagandized now they'll just spawn this kind of content on their own, for free.
RFE isn't for Americans, it's meant to suppress leftists in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. It's one of the tools in the Gladio/Color Revolutions playbook meant to give the imperialists an edge in the region. The other tools are fascist goons, police violence, and NATO military actions.
Edit: I guess I missed the biggest and most obvious tool: financial control and IMF structural adjustment programs.
I think they would rather directly support fascist/neolib orgs intead of using a 3rd party like USAID, like how elon went to that Adf event
Which is very stupid because tight wingers are flighty and unreliable. AfD is friends with musk now, but who knows if it's going to last. The benefits of VoA or RFA is that you have direct editorial control, it helps you coordinate with other intelligence operations in the region.
Yes they really do need to fund these things. The average person is not politically active nor do they care. Propaganda is incredibly important to fostering an environment where radicalization is difficult.
We shall see how it turns out. But my personal opinion is destroying the propaganda arm of the fascist US is the most important precursor to actually dismantling US hegemony.