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[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 57 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I find it hilarious how the west is now arguing with a straight face that transparency into funding is bad actually. Georgia currently has one of the highest amount of NGOs per capita. An incredible 20,000 NGOs are active in Georgia. This is one NGO per 148 citizens. 90% get their funding from foreign countries.

https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/427/999/535/718/752/original/4b316c5f1eec5fc8.mp4

[–] DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for the much needed context. I will most definitely spam this everywhere on Dutch left wing instagram.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

OOTL, what is the context here?

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 57 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They passed a law that requires NGOs to reveal their funding sources.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 46 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So they're "protesting" because of that? Gotta be kidding me 😅

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm guessing most of those protesters are on the payroll of these NGOs

[–] huf@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

eh, probably not. if it's anything like the situation here in hungary, most of the protestors are agitprop-poisoned (but unaffiliated) libs who 1) dont know that this sort of law is par for the course in the enlightened west 2) think that even if that's so, it's different because democracy and 3) there's nothing wrong with western money trying to coup a government.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That would be the profile of anybody who's not directly employed by a NGO, but the sheer number of NGOs per capita in Georgia suggests that statistically a lot of the people protesting would be doing it because their own livelihoods would be affected.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

oh sure, i just meant that eg my mother was never employed by any NGO and she's huffing this shit full force, so i think it's a western-style lib thing.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Right, and ultimately brainwashing people is the whole point of NGOs.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ehhh, some sure. but i think NGOs are the only thing keeping some parts of our crumbling social services "working" since orban decided to spend even less on them than the standard neoliberal governments before him...

it's a mixed bag.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 year ago

The NGOs serve exact same role as missionaries did, they do some positive work to ingratiate the population, but the ultimate goal is to colonize and to take away sovereignty.

[–] REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.ml 38 points 1 year ago

Never underestimate the power of liberals to buy into western lies.

[–] Z_MESH@lemmygrad.ml 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those anti governments protestors see the law and "Ruzzian " barbarism . EU chief also said that Georgia can't get into their coven if they pass the bill.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Amusingly, US has the exact same law as well.

[–] Z_MESH@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rules based international dying order

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Z_MESH@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If Ukraine didn't bury US, Israel is digging a big hole so US can be buried with itself.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Israel threw US a real curve ball.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

dont foreign funded NGOs have to declare it in the west too? i'm p sure they do, especially if it's from an eeeeevil country.

[–] REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 1 year ago

Yes. Of course the protesters claim this to be a lie.

[–] darkcalling@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 1 year ago

The US law, FARA is far tougher than this proposed law, with further reach and harsher penalties and the US enforces it vigorously.

Most of the EU states have similar laws. It's incredible and shameless how this is spun as some attack on democracy. It's really an attack on US attempts to gain full control of a country on Russia's border to do Ukraine 2 with.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i think this guy (georgian PM) really doesnt want georgia to get dragged into this war, but western-backed libs have been trying.

but this is off natopedia and vague memories of protests in georgia holding up EU flags, etc.

[–] GlueBear@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If a coup does happen and Georgia follows Ukraine's example, I'd like to see the faces of the protestors. At some point you just can't feel sorry for people anymore.

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

Oh, they won't be dying themselves, they would be forcing other people to do it for them.

[–] SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m going to be so honest right now and I feel kind of bad for saying it but… this is a really silly thing to be protesting. I don’t understand what the problem is, isn’t knowing where an NGO/religious group’s funding is coming from? Especially if it’s from outside the borders? Am I misunderstanding something?

[–] GlueBear@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

First time I can confidently say: the protestors are dumbasses.

Even the US has this policy

[–] SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly. I never want to dog on protestors but in this case it’s pretty clear they’re being silly. Transparency is a good thing and I don’t know why they wouldn’t want that. Maybe they’re misinformed about the policy? Because I know that happens… in any case this is annoying and kind of embarrassing.

[–] Z_MESH@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It is because in all European political spaces, the politics is if anything is against US or EU. It is must be by evil Russians hiding in their bedroom.