

You forgot the word “functioning”
In other words, there was no claim that they directly are proxies, but their function is the same. In practice, if you were to ignore the goals and statements entirely, because of the actions taken it would be indistinguishable from how a proxy would act. We know, because we’re careful and knowledgeable, that the Kurdish national struggle is much more complex, but a function is determined by its effects, not it’s intentions
The French did this? Fuck me, I didn’t think they had it in 'em. But we all know China is gonna steal that juicy data and gobble up that nuclear. At least I hope they do, the Chinese millenium would be defined definitively if they have fusion to run their dark factories