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Trump says he’s seriously considering making Venezuela the 51st US state (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 6 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

They did kinda coup them and they don't have the military capacities of Iran so, maybe? It's not a morality or legality thing, the empire doesn't care about that, just feasibility.

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[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)

I mean even pragmatically there's literally no reason to do this. Not having to do that is the whole reason neocolonialism is a thing, and that's a game the US are already masters at. Really it's just the dementia again.

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[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago*

God willing your analysis isn't missing anything major and it is just dementia/posturing/yapping for his base. 🥲

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