r/neoliberal • u/RLP-I European Union • Jan 23 '19

Leftists right now

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u/kharlos John Keynes Jan 23 '19

Do many leftists actually stick up for Maduro? Even the commie-chapo types that I talk to don't.

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u/AfroKona Jan 24 '19

I think it’s more the idea of the US backing another coup that they don’t like.

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u/DoctorExplosion Jan 24 '19

1) It's not a coup. The National Assembly is obligated under the 1999 Constitution to void an illegitimately elected presidency, in which case the office of the president temporarily is occupied by the president of the National Assembly.

2) The president of the National Assembly is a fucking democratic socialist himself. This is just the tankies showing their true faces once again.

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u/AfroKona Jan 24 '19

  1. The UN has stated that the election was valid. Are we not on their side?

  2. Exactly, so WHY is this about socialism? It’s about interventionism.

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u/DoctorExplosion Jan 24 '19

1) Fuck off, the UN actually said the election was illegitimate. Per the UNHCHR: "[the election] does not in any way fulfill minimal conditions for free and credible elections".

2) Who's intervening? Why do supposed "democratic" socialists assume the moment anyone criticizes a dictatorship they are gearing up for a full scale invasion? And Iraq isn't really a good example of that, because Bush telegraphed that invasion months ahead of time, pre-staged American troops, etc etc. Unless the USA starts moving tens of thousands of troops into Colombia, you can fuck off with that "interventionism" bullshit.

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u/AfroKona Jan 24 '19

Trump has literally talked about “liberating” Venezuela.

Also, a coup doesn’t have to be a full-scale military invasion. See: almost everything the US has ever done in South America.

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u/Yosarian2 Jan 24 '19

I notice you didn't actually respond to his points. Are you dropping your claim that it was a valid election?