• FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus
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    5 days ago

    I’m all fuck the US and the US’s imperialism in Venezuela (and in general) but let’s not whitewash Maduro either.

    Calling the system under Maduro a “democracy” is a massive stretch.

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      5 days ago

      let’s not whitewash Maduro either

      “S/He was no angel” is the same language conservative media uses to smear victims of police shootings, ICE arrests of migrant people, and targets of US/Israeli assassination.

      Getting tired of hearing the nightmarish actions of a fascist state justified by rattling off reasons you think the victims of this violence deserved it.

      Calling the system under Maduro a “democracy” is a massive stretch.

      How many foreign backed coup attempts does the Venezuelan government need to thwart before we question the foreign-sponsored narrative that the current government is popular and the people failing to replace them through armed insurrection are not?

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          5 days ago

          The number of times I have said this on Threadiverse… Some people here seem to always believe theres a good guy and a bad guy. The world isn’t usually like that. Very few good guys in power.

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          And dipshits can just say shit and fall back on this line when the clear self serving interest behind the completely baseless allegation is examined

          It’s just a way for you to lie and act like being called out is being unreasonable

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      Calling the system under Maduro a “democracy” is a massive stretch.

      good thing you didn’t elaborate an iota otherwise someone could accuse you of being racist

      best to just leave the purely vibes based reasoning unsaid