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I don't care about Maduro, as far as I'm concerned, they can shoot him if they want. What matters to me is walking through the streets of my city and seeing the faces of fear on my neighbors. The military patrolling to prevent looting due to panic. It's a collective hangover, a horrible one.

It's 2016 all over again. It's seeing despair entering the circulatory system of all Venezuelans, only now it's more sudden, and we are painfully aware of it.

This is far from improving, and we know it.

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[–] TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah, Trump isn't the president you want doing regime change in your country. He's completely corrupt, and he's showing it in Venezuela - doesn't even mind leaving the old regime in place as long as he can get to your oil. Several orders of magnitude worse than Bush, and that's already pretty bad. I would expect him to try to work with the criminal syndicates in Venezuela and to try to come to an agreement with Russia and China for their influence in the region in exchange for giving them a blind eye to their own imperial goals elsewhere.

From the start he's been trying to side with the dictators of the world who want to divide it up under regions of control, and he has done everything to undermine diplomacy, soft power, and cooperation. The reason he does not prop up Machado is because he wants a despot, not democracy. It's no surprise, given he's one himself propped up by the richest people on Earth.

He sees himself as controlling all social networks on the planet and as such the narrative, controlling the supply to modern computing and as such all major industries everywhere, and controlling all the most advanced military weapons on the planet. His goal is to strong arm the entire planet while having more unstable and chaotic control over it all, a recipe for disaster on a global scale that will make the overabused concept of weapons of mass destruction end up seeming ironic.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Yeah, Trump isn’t the president you want doing regime change in your country.

There is no foreign president of any nation that should be doing regime changes in any other country, period full stop

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

Apparently, dancing to an electronic beat and appealing to peace gets an alpha strike from the United States.

The Yes Paz videos allegedly were the tipping point for invasion.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-team-moved-oust-maduro-191933963.html

[–] infinitevalence@discuss.online 320 points 1 week ago (25 children)

It's bullshit and I don't understand why our Congress is letting him do this. It's unjustified and illegal.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

You still don't know? Republicans are all complicit in it so they refuse to use their control of Congress to do anything. Republicans don't care about the law they only care about them having power.

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 263 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Because your congress is deepthroating that fucking child rapist. That's why.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 48 points 1 week ago

Not just him, every billionaire gets their turn.

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[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 126 points 1 week ago (7 children)

What about your military staff (Generals and the likes) Aren't they supposed to refuse illegal orders even from potus?

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 135 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Aren't they supposed to refuse illegal orders even from potus?

Yes. Yes they are supposed to.

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 81 points 1 week ago (1 children)

All the ones that would, have been replaced.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 62 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (15 children)

That's why I get pissed about stories of the variety "X resigns rather than follow administrations orders". People seem to cheer when that happens because they see it as people pushing back on illegal orders, but they're not. They're just bailing from responsibility when they were one of the few people in the position to legitimately be a stopgap on this runaway power abuse. In resigning, they've just made it easier for a loyalist or morally corrupt replacement to come in and roll out the red carpet to the autocracy. Stay right where the fuck you're at, plant your feet, and tell them that you're absolutely not following illegal orders from anyone. That is worth cheering.

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[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 148 points 1 week ago (44 children)

I'm sorry. What we're doing is wrong. It shouldn't be happening.

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[–] fennesz12@feddit.dk 129 points 1 week ago (13 children)

I'm from Denmark, and I think it's just a matter of time before it's Greenland in the news.

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago

Denmark will be alone if that happens. Europeans are pathetic slaves of America and israel.

[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 75 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Unfortunately, as an American, I think that is an accurate prediction.

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[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 81 points 1 week ago

Stay safe OP, you and your family.

I hope this "special operation" results in blowback specifically for Trump himself.

All sovereign countries deserve independence and freedom from invasion.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 68 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (10 children)

all the propaganda out on reddit, defending him, "oh because hes a dictator he needs to be removed". plus Republican venuzuleans are celebrating it though/.

lets not forget its a distraction from the epstein files, plus Smiths testinomy recently too.

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[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 57 points 1 week ago (16 children)
  • 2022 - Russia's special operation in Ukraine
  • 2026 - USA's special operation in Venezuela
  • 2030? - China's special operation in Taiwan?
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[–] zd9@lemmy.world 56 points 1 week ago (14 children)

As an American, we may hate him more than you do right now. I'm sorry this is happening, the oligarchs just want Venezuela's largest crude oil reserve because greedy corporations (ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhilips, Halliburton, etc.) want more control over a dying planet. America has done this to Latin American countries 12 times in the last ~100 years, and went to war for 30+ years in the Middle East for oil too, so this is nothing new from an imperialism perspective.

[–] B0rax@feddit.org 49 points 1 week ago (15 children)

As an American, we may hate him more than you do right now.

You hate him more than people literally fearing for their lives because of his actions? I am sorry, but I don’t believe you.

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[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Sorry you're all scared. That's awful. I'm in the US wondering when we marginalized folks in the LGBT community are getting sent to concentration camps. People are scared here too. Sorry they are awful people. I assume protest will flare up in US this week. Already had one in my home town today from what I hear. Solidarity...

[–] krzschlss@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

During WW2 my grandparents lived a few villages away from a concentration camp. All those people in those villages and cities knew about it. They openly talked about it, like you do about wars and genocides your government perpetrates around the globe... but never did anything out of fear. After the war they all lied about not knowing what was happening in their neighborhood. Because they were afraid.

There is no worthy solidarity if you all are scared. Talk is cheap. The rest of the world has seen your complacency with the atrocities of both of your governments around the world for decades now. Trust me no one expects anything from US citizenry... just organize another Woodstock or some other dumb shit that does absolutely nothing to prevent anything and sleep well my little oppressed american communities.

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[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm really sorry for you all over there. Even more sorry for I truely fear the rest of the world will only say "Mr. President, sir, was this really a good idea?" and then accept any responce he gives.

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