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The US Attacked my country... (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/actually_infuriating@lemmy.world
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I don't care about Maduro, as far as I'm concerned, they can shoot him if they want. What matters to me is walking through the streets of my city and seeing the faces of fear on my neighbors. The military patrolling to prevent looting due to panic. It's a collective hangover, a horrible one.

It's 2016 all over again. It's seeing despair entering the circulatory system of all Venezuelans, only now it's more sudden, and we are painfully aware of it.

This is far from improving, and we know it.

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[–] 57 points 10 months ago (9 children)

Sorry you're all scared. That's awful. I'm in the US wondering when we marginalized folks in the LGBT community are getting sent to concentration camps. People are scared here too. Sorry they are awful people. I assume protest will flare up in US this week. Already had one in my home town today from what I hear. Solidarity...

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    During WW2 my grandparents lived a few villages away from a concentration camp. All those people in those villages and cities knew about it. They openly talked about it, like you do about wars and genocides your government perpetrates around the globe... but never did anything out of fear. After the war they all lied about not knowing what was happening in their neighborhood. Because they were afraid.

    There is no worthy solidarity if you all are scared. Talk is cheap. The rest of the world has seen your complacency with the atrocities of both of your governments around the world for decades now. Trust me no one expects anything from US citizenry... just organize another Woodstock or some other dumb shit that does absolutely nothing to prevent anything and sleep well my little oppressed american communities.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    Protests didn't stop the genocide in Gaza, unfortunately. We need to organize, not just mobilize.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    We had the Occupy movement, and the rich still got so much richer that nobody can afford anything. We had George Floyd, and they took away DEI and want to deport non-whites. We protested Gaza and the still starved kids to death. Things look bad and it's not just here. It's worldwide.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    A lot of nation leaders need to realize this and they need to do the same clandestine shit the USA does to oppose non-capitalist governments.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    They can't do the same clandestine shit the US dues though, us simply has had more resources for decades. Not just assets but resources for those assets to utilize. In some cases nearly limitless resources

    And they are already everywhere.

    According to some former CIA people the CIA does what the president wants them to do regardless of legality morals or ethics.

    This president is a criminal already, he has very few if any lines he's unwilling to cross.

    And also they have an apparatus that was trained on 50+ years of cold war as the crucible to forge their current ability, another thing that can't be quickly attained.

    I honestly don't know what they could achieve even if they went full throttle into your suggestions.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    The reason that Trump had to strong-arm American Universities and deport anti-zionist organizers is because the protests were working. People were paying attention and the government was coming off badly. Opinion on Zionism is at a multi-decade low in the US. When the Universities cracked down to appease Trump, the protests should have stepped up. Unfortunately for the world, they faded away. Protests are very effective - they have toppled governments all over the world, including the decades-long regimes of brutal dictators. If more Americans find the courage and will to protest and strike, Trump and MAGA can be stopped. They want you to believe that protest doesn't work.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Those are fair points. Also, not only is opinion on Zionism at a low, but for the first time since they started asking the question, more Americans sympathize with Palestinians than Israelis. So that's true, that is significant... but it still didn't stop America from sending a single dollar to the Zionist entity. I guess you could say they worked but they didn't entirely succeed.

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