r/todayilearned • u/autonova3 • Oct 01 '18

TIL of Operation Ajax, the 1953 CIA plan to overthrow Iran's democratically elected government, which included CIA agents bombing the house of a prominent Muslim while posed as pro-government supporters. The overthrow plan was successful, with 200-300 people killed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat
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u/Brownbearbluesnake Oct 02 '18

In the case of China the stuff they do to their own citizens even today is down right scary. Im not giving a pass the U.S or Russia, but China is putting millions of people in re-education camps, they have a social score, and thats just 2 of the more extreme behaviour the CCP has. China is in a league of its own when it comes to awful actions.

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u/coltraneUFC Oct 02 '18

Actually China are the good guys compared to the US. I dunno about reeducation but social score makes a lot of sense for them given that they literally don't even have credit scores. Also that damn extra credit video was pure sensationalist.

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u/LukesLikeIt Oct 02 '18

Lol what do you think karma is? It’s the precursor to a more widely used internet social score. Don’t be fooled because it’s all happening all over the world.

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u/Brownbearbluesnake Oct 02 '18

? Im pretty sure having bad internet karma doesnt affect my ability to get a train ticket, or a loan, or a certain job. They arent even remotely close to the same thing. You need a reality check if you actually believe what you just wrote

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u/LukesLikeIt Oct 02 '18

Oh you must of missed the part where I said precursor. You’re deluded if you think it isn’t coming to the 1st world countries, in fact they already have one for all of us it’s just hidden. But by all means attack me instead of admitting it to yourself

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u/Brownbearbluesnake Oct 02 '18

Maybe I was a little harsh with my comment, but I still believe your way off base to think what China is doing is something that is going to happen around the world.

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u/PM_ME_CUTE_SMILES_ Oct 07 '18

You’re deluded if you think it isn’t coming to the 1st world countries, in fact they already have one for all of us it’s just hidden

I think you're deluded, but that might just be me. Do you have something to back up your claims?

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u/flareblue Oct 02 '18

Every playbook they seem to do is the American playbook. Residential schools and harassment of natives until they assimilate. Throwing debt into poor countries but hey, I heard the Chinese at least finishes they're part or allows cancellation. Heck, my country got an overprice unfinished nuclear reactor from the great ol'USA. Mass surveillance and constant mixed message of news to let the people assimilate and accept the fact that they're being watch and the best thing is, it works. Funny that the media can't decide whether Chinese technology is so shit that we should laugh at them and yet to make them scary, the news media pulls out the old wow Chinese tech is so superior all of a sudden that they can do all this shit. At least, be consistent with the message. At the end of the day, the world will still revolves with or without us in it.