• TommySoda@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    I’ll believe it when I see it. And not some bullshit ass AI generated photo that Trump will inevitably post. I mean real proof. Since when has Trump told the truth? And remember back in the day with Bush and his huge “mission accomplished” sign?

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      19 days ago

      Fwiw- Message from the Colombian president. International actors are acting as if it’s real.

      • PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org
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        19 days ago

        I am still skeptical that this administration actually got Maduro. Like even if they were being completely honest, I need to see some video of Maduro before I believe that they got the actual guy.

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          There’s been alot of online speculation that either he was betrayed or cut himself a deal and willingly went

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            19 days ago

            Yeah I’m not even against speculation, but I’m not willing to incorporate into the “facts” part of my brain until I see the evidence. And I’ll also cop to it being a little bit of copium 🙃

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          19 days ago

          I hear you, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they perp walk him in a few hours. Fascists rely on their propaganda. Trump is doing a speech later today.

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            19 days ago

            Unlikely, the working class supported the government and Maduro, it was only the fascist compradors that opposed him in significant numbers. The government still holds, and will likely place a backuo until the next elections. Coups don’t really work without popular support or more direct millitary intervention domestically (see Pinochet with Allende).

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              19 days ago

              Kleptocracy is the word most commonly used to describe Maduro’s rule. I’m furious at my country and Trump and the whole fucking Military Industrial complex. But no need for your constant exaggeration. Sometimes there is no good guys. Just bad guys and worse guys.

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                19 days ago

                As described by who? Venezuela is a budding socialist country with a flourishing commune system. It’s called a “kleptocracy” by imperialists upset that Hugo Chavez started a wave of nationalizing resources and businesses so that the wealth of Venezuela would belong to Venezuelans, not the US Empire. Stop caping for the empire and downplaying an existing socialist country fighting off imperialism with weak moral platitudes.

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                19 days ago

                Sure, but the US and UK had the backing of some of the Iranian millitary. The millitary in Venezuela supports Maduro, due to the history of the Bolivarian revolution.