• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    That’s not a contradiction to them being independent.

    If they’re beholden to private banking interests, they’re explicitly not independent.

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      4 days ago

      Independent of the U.S. Government is the qualification here.

      No one’s suggesting they’re independent of giant banks, GRU kompromat, or gravity.