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Explanation: The US has, apparently, kidnapped Nicolas Maduro, the authoritarian leader of Venezuela. We did this, apparently, despite not being at war with Venezuela or having any other justification other than "We don't like him."
There is a slim chance that it ends here, and everything turns out rainbows and butterflies. There is a much, much larger chance that this kicks off a larger war in which many Venezuelan civilians will die because shitwit here wants to play kidnapper, and the whole US system is too broken - or too disinterested - to stop him.
They did fucking WHAT??!
Yeah
What the fuck
What the fuck
What the fuck
Wait when did this happen? Just now?
2-3 hours ago
Fucking hell. One more step to full terrorist superpower.
I honestly don't know, what to think about this. Maduro is a dictator who had driven third of population out. So I have no sympathy for him. But it is clear that Trump administration doesn't give a hoot about the people, Trump is even good friend with El Salvador's dictator. Also, US was many times before successful with overthrowing regimes, but it usually ended in something worse. But in the end, US is the strongest country, so they can do whatever they want. I'm glad I live in a country that is considered an ally and has no oil.
If you haven't been paying attention, the current us gov does not give two shits about who is or isn't an ally and does not care about any previous agreements made
We’ve raised an entire generation, Z, with rewired brains. Anxiety regarding anything even remotely resembling confrontation, including face to face interactions with humans. Not unlike Murderbot’s inability to directly interact without using his drones as a go between buffer for his own eyeballs. Minus the android strength, speed, and general badassery.
In addition, helicopter parents imbue a tendency towards the authoritarian. People are drawn to the familiar. Being told what to do, where to be, etc, instead of sorting through it yourself creates a “lean” in that direction. A passiveness to go with the flow. In addition to the need to avoid all that nasty anxiety that comes with anything even remotely resembling confrontation.
Not all, off course. We’re talking middle of the bell curve numbers here.
So unless GenX learns to move past their creaky joints, and millennials decide they’re punk too, no one is going to do anything outside of organized, specific, one day limited marches in nice weather.
GenX will likely die pushing people to free and open source and Linux, but that’s about all the rebellion against the system I think we can realistically expect from others here.
Hasn't Gen X voted slightly more for trump than the alternative both times?
Millennials and Gen Z both voted against him with a sizable difference. Gen Z significantly more than millennials which surprised me given the reporting that keeps seemingly gaslighting me that the kids are all fascists these days.
If you're gonna do this intergenerational conflict schtick, you should maybe try pushing free and open onto your peers and elders as they're seemingly the ones in dire need of it.
You use Arch by the way, right?
Gen X are the ones that voted for Trump.
In terms of REP and DEM, genx rates didn’t change. Gen Z however….
Does it matter if they didn't change if they were already voting Rep?