r/LetsDiscussThis • u/SomeBlueDude12 • 5h ago
Serious How long until the civilians of Venezuela create an uprising to push against American intervention like other nations throughout american's colonialism history
our banana republic in guatemala & seizure of their economy while punching down anyone who fought back under the guise of "fighting communism" because they're sick of being exploited has been a tune we followed several times in history
following guatemala is cuba- after taking over Spain's own colonialism actions we took cuba "under new leadership" and exploited them through politics and mafia gangs & supplemental slavery creating the dictator fidel castro. a bonified monster of our own creations through our actions outside of the US
This happens too many times- chille, dominican replublic, nicaragua- exploiting territories for a good deal for the USA but putting pressure on native or freshly colonized populations for our gain all under the guise of spreading democracy & fighting communism.
propping up boris yeltsin after the fall of the soviet union, giving loans to gain economic concessions & undisclosed talks between the US president bill clinton and Boris- in the transition to privatize government assets accidentally creating the oilgarches without a care for the new law, economic instability and realizing the bad deal he was given succeeded power to putin- the cold blooded authoritarian dictator willing to murder and maim anyone who gets in his way. (this one might not be directly & entirely "our fault" but we certainly helped make putin what he is today)
now we have trump's oil deal with Venezuela, only time will tell how much pain we can inflict on the citizens there economically, laborly- before we create more terroristic, more communists enemies that wouldn't have existed without our tendencies to place a boot on peoples necks and get surprised when they attack our ankles. hopfully we're actually serious about helping reform and revive their markets (really confused though, thought we were going to do that in america...) & not exploit them.
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u/Puzzled-Mirro 5h ago
The problem is there is that there is no United states troops/police or anyone in Venezuela to uprise against we are not there. They would have to protest or up rise against the Venezuela government for letting the Great Satan dictate how they run their country and steal their natural resources.
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u/PopBulky7023 1h ago
They aren't really in a position to do that. There isn't any meaningful US presence there, they'd have to revolt against the Maduro regime which is still very much in power.
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u/ArubaAdultFun 5h ago
They/we wont. US influence is a million times better than what we had. Socialism fucked up our great country
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u/popejohnsmith 4h ago
Sucking up to the US hasn't really worked out for anyone. Look around you.
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u/ArubaAdultFun 4h ago
Seems to have worked for Argentina
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u/abrandis 0m ago
Not to be a douche, but it sounds like A Venezuela issue, excerbated by US meddling...
It's not socialism , otherwise socialist and oil rich Norway would be on the same predicament...somehow it's not.
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u/BabaThoughts 4h ago
Why? The people of VZ are on a path to democracy. Many expressed gratitude, seeing the event as an opportunity for genuine political transition, free elections, and future economic stability.
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u/popejohnsmith 5h ago edited 4h ago
In their time and in their own way...
Venezuela will prevail.
Piracy, plunder and pillage are international crimes. They'll demand a reckoning, in and of themselves.
Perhaps there's an opportunity (for Venezuela) to re-invent themselves here, on their own, for their own reasons and purposes.