The traditional narrative that socialist countries are inherently authoritarian and thus the US needs to "liberate" them is backwards.

The US FIRST engages in economic & military terrorism against socialism, forcing stricter security measures, which it then complains about.

There is a reason that most people know about the repressiveness of the USSR without knowing about the brutal five year civil war. Or Cuba& #39;s "dictatorship" and not the decade-long terrorist campaign waged against it. Or the DPRK& #39;s regime and not the scale of destruction it faced.

Forcing socialist countries to adopt stricter security measures to increase criticism directed against the govt is a direct goal of the CIA. Baselessly criticizing socialist countries without knowing the complete story is directly falling for US state department propaganda.

Receipts for those of you interested — yes the CIA directly said it hoped its terrorism would lead to more security measures and public criticism. Comes from Keith Bolander’s Voices from the Other Side.