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29 sats \ 5 replies \ @SqNr65 6 Jan \ parent \ on: Venezuela and the Violence of Doing Nothing - Peter McCormack Politics_And_Law

I don't see how this is any worse than what we had last week?

Not like we've seen any benefits from our own oil in decades. Pillaged by Cuba. The country had no semblance of "stability" whatsoever.

We were already fucked beyond belief. How are we any worse off now?

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @sox 6 Jan

Well I didn't say that it's worse, I said that now Venezuela has a new pimp.

The point is that in substance the faith of you guys didn't change much, it's just sad that both Maduro and this happened.

69 sats \ 2 replies \ @SqNr65 6 Jan

None of us are under any delusions that trump loves us or even cares at all. We're just happy to reap the benefits, cautious about the future, and hopeful for the first time in a quarter century

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @sox 6 Jan

That's a nice attitude, I hope the best for you.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SqNr65 6 Jan

Appreciate you man. And I want to mention, since I said "it's hard for people who haven't lived there", that the fact that you haven't lived there or aren't from there doesn't matter at all. I hate how people just dismiss the opinions of non-venezuelans. I have opinions about Qatar and Israel and Australia. Don't need to be from a place to have an opinion about it.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SqNr65 6 Jan

Yea that's what I'm getting from most people.

I don't see it that way. It's hard for someone who hasn't live it to know just how fucked we were.

"Definitely bad" to "maybe bad, maybe good, maybe neutral, who knows" feel like an unbelievable improvement.

I remember the 2024 elections, every single Latino I know was SO excited to finally get maduro out, except the Venezuelans. We all knew. Every one of us had lost all hope.

Just 1 example of this, my friend who lives in Toronto