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Experts Say Strikes on Venezuelan Boats Won't Curb Drug Flow to the U.S.: Report (www.latintimes.com)

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The U.S. military has killed at least 21 people in recent strikes on small boats off the coast of Venezuela — attacks President Donald Trump says are part of an "armed conflict" with drug cartels. But according to data and experts cited by The New York Times, the operation is unlikely to significantly disrupt the flow of cocaine or fentanyl into the United States, since Venezuela plays only a marginal role in the global drug trade.

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[–] superniceperson@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

When building fascism one must have an eternal enemy. One that is contradictorily infinitely strong and weak. One that you can never actually eliminate, but one you can always dangle as an absolute visage of fear. Even better if you yourself, as the one building fascism, can create and control said enemy.

The problem with picking an actual race, is you run out of them eventually. If you pick an ideology, well, you cant control its effects or the number of members effectively.

But drugs? And drug 'dealers'? And countries that 'make drugs'? That's an enemy infinitely strong and infinitely weak, one that can be taken out by a drone strike but that will worm its way in anyway, one that you can control just by invading a country and making its farmers grow poppies(afghanistan) or by funding cartels to do it themselves (Colombian gangs still receive cia funding).

And best of all you can get people to blame the victims and whoever you uphold as the source of these drugs, so no one can actually speak out against your regime.

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

This sounds like regular flavor imperialism. Though there is a lot of overlap. With fascism you need an internal enemy which in this governments case is illegal immigrants.