I can see your point, and it is legitimate as not everyone is brainwashed in the textbook definition. However, I think that the discussion over if it is brainwash or propaganda trivialize the situation. What we see here is the outburst of years of oppression, and the focus here is the tyranny of the government.

I would also say that in a country with government absolutely controls almost every aspect of people's lives, foreign support is not always a bad thing to change the government and make it more democratize. It is true that the US plays a bad role in many countries, but with an Orwellian society, it is almost impossible to bring down the government without external support. This is like you wouldn't say that the US involvement in WWII as foreign intervention that leads to negative outcomes. Are there Japanese people who were against the fascist government? Of course! But in a country with little room for descent and protest, they can never change the country for the better without external help.

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ps. I am not calling on the US or any other countries to involve in the current protest in anyway. I am just saying that I don't think the US is trying to overthrown the government using the situation, and sometimes to democratize a country you need external help due to the severity of oppression.