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I feel sick. I hate that this is just fucking happening and nobody seems to give a shit
The era where the U.S. realizes that no one will really stop them no matter how bad they get and are free to retain their status as ruler of the world forever is here I guess.
What's astounding is that anyone believes this. Even if you aren't a commmunist, or understand imperialism, all it takes to tell this is bullshit is ask "Why would Maduro choose to do that?" There's absolutely no answer, and the inly reason anyone would believe it is total propaganda brain/rascism
claims match the desperate tactics of a collapsing dictatorship
As always 
Sometimes I look at the actions of U.S. and Israel and see their actions are desperate, others are saying their actions are desperate, logically it would make sense yes? And then life gives everyone the middle finger by going "Ummm no they're 150% in control and actually it's their enemies that are desperate and on the verge of collapse" before their enemies just melt into a puddle because fuck me I guess.
"We think (with no evidence) that if we attack a sovereign country, they might try to slow us down, fight us and stuff. It's fucking unfair!"
Its more like “nice country you got there, would be a shame if it got hit with blackout eh”
this is like, false flagception
"So we must blow up those pieces of infrastructure before they have the chance to do so"
Yeah mate the special forces ship you've got 30km off the coast is just there for funsies right? Hasn't been deploying anyone into the country I'm sureeeeeeee.
Meanwhile in the USA the bridges and tunnels just collapse on their own due to incompetence and disregard. Now that’s freedom.
no those reports of crumbling infrastructure and overblown because it includes areas not traveled frequently
Really lovely excuse some people like to use whenever our shit infrastructure is brought up. Doubly fun when it's rural people saying this who are most affected by the stuff falling apart
At this point you could probably map out a political compass about bridge collapses
Good show, albeit I was thinking more
"Mountain falls on it, 0 dead because monitoring caught it" | "30 dead in bridge collapse after pilotless ship gets caught in "The Crazy Current Corner"
"20 dead raises question about how a bridge with no maintenance since 1969 has collapsed" | "still no bridge to little st. james"
Reality has been farcified so many times I don't even remember what the original tragedy was
Feels like they're not even trying to convince anyone, just provide a script to for friendly media to spoon-feed their most credulous and most cynical supporters.
I guess if they have a short, tidy little war then people will just kinda move on and forget about this, so it sort of works in that case. But if anything happens to cause sustained attention, this kinda bullshit will completely fall apart and wreck the credibility of everyone involved. And I feel like it's already reaching that attention threshold just because Trump can't resist making everything into a spectacle.
Damn sure looks like the head of NATO is being run like a mafioso operation
That's just horrible
That's like when Ted Bundy received reports that women were murdering each other and placing the blame on him. Ted Bundy continues to stand by women against corruption and tyranny.
America Delenda Est
you're hearing it more and more
reverse false flag?!
I genuinely don't understand the Venezuelans who work with the Americans, especially now when they don't even give the pretenses of considering Venezuelans humans.
I can see opposing Maduro. I do not understand wanting to hand over your people to people who won't even let you be compradors
5% of local satraps will made out fine, they are probably white passing as well.
You can make a lot of money relative to other people if you're in the global south and become a bootlicker for hire
You know if hinting at violence on here is now a ban-worthy offense, I might just take the ban.
Blowing my own bridges up and shooting my foot to own the USA
Mining key infrastructure is a pretty common thing to do if you think you are about to be invaded. Every Swiss bridge is mined and ready to blow up in the event of an invasion. The US keeps moving more military personnel into the area, so i would also be roghing key infrastructure to be destroyed in the event of an invasion.
Oppose imperialism? And with that support EVIL DICTATORSHIPS?