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madacol ◴[] No.45537701[source]
Even if Venezuela goes to hell even deeper, she still deserves the prize for what she has already done!

The way she, and her team, managed to convince venezuelans that the election mattered, and to prepare to gather the evidence of the elections under constant threats from the government, that we all knew they were going to steal, and do it entirely peacefully, was an extremely impressive achievement on its own.

What an impressive act of coordination from MCM

:standing-ovation:

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jmyeet ◴[] No.45540593[source]
Disclaimer: I'm not accusing you of (intentionally or unintentionally) doing this but your comment brought up the issue.

For a lot of horrific events in the world, you will find a bias exposed by the use of active vs passive voice. Compare:

- "100 children died". How?

- "100 children killed". By whom? Why? How?

- "100 children killed in conflict". Between who? How? Why?

' "100 children killed in air strike on refugee camp by X". Oh...

The point is that a lot of people treat what is happening in Venezuela like it's some kind of unavoidable natural disaster like an earthquake. This reinforces the idea that nobody is responsible and, more improtantly, there's nothing we can do.

Venezuelans are being intentionally starved to death by economic sanctions (that's what sactions are). Why? Because Maduro is bad. Sound familiar? It should. Castro was bad. Saddam Hussein was bad (despite being a US puppet for decades).

The actual issue is that these people threaten the interests of Western companies. That's it. That's the only thing that matters.

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throwawaymaths ◴[] No.45540647[source]
what interest does north korea threaten?
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1. SalmoShalazar ◴[] No.45540931[source]
Is this a serious question? SK is a strong ally of the USA and along with Japan bolsters their presence in this part of Asia. China, a geopolitical enemy of the USA, is also lightly allied with NK.
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2. ponector ◴[] No.45542462[source]
Or rather was a strong ally? I bet you are not imposing 25% tariff to your strong ally.