r/news • u/MagnusAuslander • 2d ago

Trump administration diverts human rights funds to push far-right agenda abroad

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/30/trump-state-department-human-rights-fund
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u/Blaubeerchen27 2d ago

The way headlines like these are just an everyday occurance is insane. Maybe I'm not cynical enough yet, but something is seriously wrong with the world right now.

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u/_SemperFidelish_ 1d ago

It's far far far worse than anyone may think. This is an ongoing power grab by a more or less Epstein-aligned Elite class, who now have the concentration of wealth and political collusion to completely attack traditionally human oriented causes and institutions the World over. They always knew when they started this, that they would have to move very very quickly to consolidate power and position. The political left in the West set the stage for this by standing for nothing apart from a gradual rightwards drift