Imperial Double Standards: Warfare for Venezuela and Welfare for Argentina (znetwork.org)
from technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to world@lemmy.world on 17 Oct 16:32
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/55716319

Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution has been in the vanguard of the Global South. In contrast, President Javiar Milei’s government in Argentina represents the logical, though absurd, consequence of extreme neoliberalism, which he calls “anarcho-capitalism.”

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Buffalox@lemmy.world on 17 Oct 18:20 next collapse

Venezuela is a beacon of national sovereignty and social progress.

This is the trash that is upvoted here? Venezuela is a dictatorship, and Maduro is not supported by the people. And Maduro has succeeded in making an extremely oil rich country one of the poorest in the region, where even toilet paper is in shortage.
That’s very far from being a beacon of sovereignty.

fort_burp@feddit.nl on 17 Oct 19:19 collapse

Do you think the analysis of Argentina was accurate?

Buffalox@lemmy.world on 18 Oct 08:03 collapse

I only skimmed to see what it was about, but stopped because I found out it is bullshit. So I don’t really know what it says about Argentina.

Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 18 Oct 11:27 collapse

Good. Close your eyes and plug your ears to keep your fascist rulers happy.

Buffalox@lemmy.world on 18 Oct 11:57 collapse

FYI I live in one of the best and strongest democracies in the world, and would clearly prefer that to whatever bullshit you probably believe in considering tour idiotic statement.

mcv@lemmy.zip on 17 Oct 20:06 next collapse

What kind of stupid propaganda piece is this? Venezuela the vanguard of the global south? Maduro is a dictator. Chavez at least won elections. Maduro doesn’t even have that going for him.

As far as I’m concerned, South America is wedged between two power hungry idiots: Milei and Maduro.

gedaliyah@lemmy.world on 17 Oct 22:04 next collapse

Milei is a monster, but Maduro is a tyrant who has

  • overturned election results
  • wiped out the free press
  • eliminated the independent courts
  • jailed thousands of opponents
  • killed/dissapeared 20,000 of his own people
  • made refugees of 8 million of his own people

Maybe count me skeptical of an article that characterizes that as “a beacon of national sovereignty and social progress.”

Jocker@sh.itjust.works on 18 Oct 11:59 collapse

Special military operation in Venezuela