Political Memes

Yeah, I didn't/don't disagree with the word, it's just that it entirely depends on the point of view (as opposed to more technical terms).

All regimes, "good" or "bad" have oppositions, folk were warning about Hitler way before rising to power, and indeed there were always fighters against him. But same as with "occupation" determining if those are "domestic terrorists" or "freedom fighters" (also dubious terms in their own) depends on your side/your views.

Hippies pretesting war (an actual occupation) in Vietnam got so demonized that there are still official (bs) policies in place in USA from that era.
USA citizens had nothing to benefit from all the anti-hippie propaganda, it was all for war profiteering, so in a sense that the gov wasn't working for the people, they were occupied.

Native Americans fighting against occupation & genocide are still branded as savages that attacked unprovoked. But had they won (somehow), that wouldn't be the case. Much like German "terrorists" that fought the regime aren't seen as that anyone (or even peaceful activists aren't seen as traitors anymore, eg the famous wiki/Sophie_Scholl).

A lot of demonstrations get branded that way too (eg against big oil). And get met with force.
That def feels like a justification that someone occupied the country/government.

A sort of occupation is also when politicians of a nation are hijacked by interests groups (megacorps, powerful geopolitical players, some cabal).
And you get situations where citizens overwhelmingly support an issue (75+%) but no politicians won' impellent it.