19/ Together, these vectors reveal "national interest" has dissolved in a diabolical convergence whereby an elite network operates a unified, interlocking, transnational militarist matrix transcending borders and identities—Country Club authoritarianism at a planetary scale.
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Pictured speaker / quoted attribution: Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy, credit @SushantSin Recovered pictured passage; not a claim to the full source. Passage boundary: Quoted Foreign Policy post only; unavailable historical page is not saved verbatim coverage. Source: Preserve quoted-author distinctions; the containing tweet does not confer authorship. The Pegasus investigation showcases how every democratic institution in India has been bullied and blackmailed through the use of military-grade cyber weaponry. It also shows that the country's future as a democracy is at a crossroads, writes @SushantSin. Retained uncertainty: ["Two other-author posts recovered; seven Nick blocks matched separately. No unrestricted thread expansion."]
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Pictured speaker / quoted attribution: Whitney Webb @_whitneywebb Recovered pictured passage; not a claim to the full source. Passage boundary: Whitney Webb Jul21,2021 quoted post only; exact ID not established. Source: archive.nickroutledge.org/post/1969403788802080840 Preserve quoted-author distinctions; the containing tweet does not confer authorship. NEW for @MintPressNews - While the Pegasus spyware is scandalous, other arguably more dangerous companies, like Toka, are going uninvestigated, even when their products present an even greater potential for abuse and illegal surveillance. Retained uncertainty: ["Two other-author posts recovered; seven Nick blocks matched separately. No unrestricted thread expansion."]
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