• lil_tank [any, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    The liberal conception of power nears a magical understanding of reality. It’s understood as if there was the sacred artifact that one can steal and keep for themselves, becoming Dictator of the country. It’s so deeply ingrained that even top US leadership acted like Maduro would just drop the Stone of Power upon capture so they could give it to someone they wanted to.

  • ExotiqueMatter@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 months ago

    That’s what overconfidence does to you.

    Seriously, I still don’t get why the heck the media were so overly confident that the US had taken over Venezuela despite the fact they don’t occupy so much as a square meter of Venezuelan territory, what’s up with that?

    • Lussy [he/him, des/pair]@hexbear.net
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      the US had taken over

      I think it’s more important to stress this was an attempted invasion, not just a kidnapping of a guy. They snatched the head of state of a sovereign nation, no ifs and buts about what they are trying to do.