• pyrinix@kbin.melroy.org
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    In 1980 - 1989 we had a war-mongering Republican in office In 1990 we had a war-mongering Republican in office In 2000 - 2008 we had a war-mongering Republican in office In 2016 we had a war-mongering Republican in office In 2024 to present, we have a war-mongering Republican in office

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      I think that on average the US bombs a country once a year. The democrats really aren’t that much better.

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      The USA kills innocent civilians en masse no matter who’s in office. Republicans are just more outspoken about it.

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      With all due respect… Fuck you. You’re (all of you, not just you specifically) pointing fingers and shifting blames and it’s always not the guy you voted for, and it always “is what it is” and you can never do anything about it. Are you the suverein or are you not? It’s “I the president”? Or “we the people”? You are not a victims here. You’re not even anabler. You are acomplice. You allowed this. You made this. If you didn’t want it, why it happens over and over again? We are done with your United States of Virtue-Signaling and your excuses.

      Sencierly, The World

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        You’re not entirely wrong, but there are people here who have had us marines pointing rifles at them in the past 6 months, and thought seriously about ‘how do I defend my home from them’ with the expectation they’ll be back in summer. Have thought daily about fighting the municipal paramilitaries for their entire adult lives, have woken up in tents to the sound of their dogs and had to run. Just not enough of them.

        Like, it’s not a democracy over here.

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          Well, yes. I agree. But “it’s not a Rule of Law country anymore, we are oppressed and dont know what to do” is a very different sentiment than “system is wotming, I can only complain that people always vote on bad guys somehow”. I sypathise with the first one. I can’t stand 2nd one any more.

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        I could say the same of the rise of far-right extremism all over the world. If you don’t want it, why does it happen over and over again?

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          And you should. Either the nation is resposible, or it’s not a democracy. You either are the suverein, or you are not. There is no middle way.

          Are you oppressed.and should someone capture your president in the name of your freedom? Or are you an oppressor benefiting form the system you don’t actively opose?

          It’s not like it happened once and you corrected. It’s literally the theme. Whatever you do, it’s not enough.

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    Does this one actually have anything to do with oil? Sure the billionaires are going to profit massively from the oil, but it seems like this is more about Trump wanting to exert himself than anything.

    Also Epstein.

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      Venezuela has a ton of oil and it happens to be chemically very similar to Canadian oil which the USA has a lot of refining capacity for.

      It definitely is about trump wanting to use the military he thinks he owns. But it also means they don’t need to worry about Canadian oil as much.

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        Venezuelan oil infrastructure will take a decade to modernize at least. No oil company wants to take on that kind of investment in an area with so much risk

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        But it also means they don’t need to worry about Canadian oil as much.

        Great, so the albertan conseratives can get fucked too. win win /semi-sarcastic

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      This one is definitely oil since Trump explicitly stated it. 2001 was not and has been debunked

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      The invasion of Carcas especially has to do with oil. The socialist government in Venezuela nationalized the oil industry in 2007, which provoked an exodus of foreign oil companies. And before the operation took place, Trump consulted with Exxon executives on the attack.

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      It’s probably more about Epstein than anything else, but it’s definitely also about the oil. Otherwise why choose Venezuela?

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        Because the socialist government in Venezuela nationalized the oil industry in 2007, which provoked an exodus of foreign oil companies, including American corporations like Exxon. If you look at the past decade, it was clear that an invasion was imminent, given the threatening statements and harsh sanctions by every US administration in the past.

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    OK I know this is just a meme but this is not correct. Technically the propaganda and lobbyism from the oil and gas industry worked so well that the Department of Energy under the pretense of national security and a policy to lobby encourage the government to secure energy for the future. After all which country wouldn’t want to secure their future. Guess what was the #1 source of energy at the time? If someone says lobbyism didn’t work its about to be responsible for a lot of recent US wars. This is hilarious because climate change is going to kill us if we don’t guillotine the oil and gas industry.