They no longer care anymore about aesthetics.
The Empire is getting more and more unhinged. I don’t think they would dare to declare war against the whole world, but I do worry for Latin America.
Things are going to get difficult now that the US is militarizing the Caribbean. They are even doing invasion drills in Puerto Rico to simulate an invasion of Venezuela. If they really invade Venezuela, they are going to face another Vietnam. I have plenty of confidence that our Venezuelan comrades will defeat them just as our comrades in Vietnam did.
Also, the good thing out of this is that it is increasingly more difficult for puppets in the region to please their population with social democracies now that the gluttonous empire is asking for more and more concessions. If things keep heading this way, we might see the dictatorships of the last century but in a weaker state which will allow for revolutions to take place. Another alternative is that the puppets will fully break with the US and their source of funding will break which will allow more radical options within a country to bloom.
This is all my speculation from what I can see from this side of my country. Slowly but surely the conditions for a better world are appearing. Socialism is inevitable.
About US’s allies, I wouldn’t be as optimistic as you. It seems to me that the West tolerates the far right (fascism) far more than they do actual socialism. So there’s a chance that the West would devolves into a fascists hellhole in response to the decline.
Regarding US allies in the region, they are all in an all time low acceptance rate. As an example, we have Peru where the president is an all time low 2%. Argentina’s Milei is heading to that route as well and plenty of other allies.
It is becoming increasing clear that they are unpopular with the people. That could lead to plenty of organization opportunities.
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I have plenty of confidence that our Venezuelan comrades will defeat them just as our comrades in Vietnam did.
I don’t. Vietnam had safe supply route through China, while Venezuela has none. And Vietnam was led by hardened communists, not reformist socdems.
It will be great if you stopped looking down on our Venezuelan comrades and actually investigate what is happening there.
Whilst I don’t agree with the other guy’s accusation of socdems, I can’t deny that the geographic position plays a big role in determining whether a revolution will succeed. Vietnamese are proud of our achievement in defeating empires, but we also acknowledge the roles of our neighbors and comrades in logistics and assistants. We also look at North Korea and ask “Why couldn’t they reunify the country like we did?”. The common answer most of us think is that Korea, being a peninsula, has not supply line afforded to them like Laos and Cambodia afforded to us. Venezuela is in an even direr situation than North Korea, for there is no superpower allies in their close proximity.
Venezuela is in an even direr situation than North Korea, for there is no superpower allies in their close proximity.
You are completely right that the lack of proximity to superpower allies is a big difference with Vietnam. However, this is also a well known concern for the current backers of Venezuela(Iran, Russia and China). Now, I will mix some speculation here with what it is already confirmed.
Confirmed data:
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<Confirmed> Russia has helped Venezuela in its military industrialization. One example of this is the new Kalashnikov factory completed in Venezuela: “The first stage of the cartridge enterprise for Kalashnikov rifles in Venezuela has four modern lines. Two of them produce cartridges with steel core bullets, and another two—tracer and blank cartridges,” explained Rostec Executive Director Oleg Yevtushenko. “Other production facilities have to be launched shortly to ensure a full cycle of production of cartridges and Kalashnikov rifles in the territory of Venezuela for the national army, police, and other law enforcers.”
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<Confirmed> Iran: From Tehran to Caracas: The alliance that turned Venezuela into a drone powerhouse
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<Confirmed> China sells plenty of military gear and equipment to Venezuela. Some of it is shown in this year’s military parade in Venezuela -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BROtRPh_L-k
The speculation here is that this is not the only stuff that there is available. It is highly likely that there are more stuff being hidden but with this we have confirmed that Venezuela has the essential means of production to defend their country from invasions. The invasion is something that they had in their mind since Chavez and I am pretty sure that our Venezuelan comrades have slowly but surely prepared for it. With every hit/treason/coup attempt, they slowly shaved off the bourgeois elements within the army, politicians and the institutions powers while growing the commune system. This last fact helped them grow a loyal army that openly say that they are socialist.
Also, this is from the parade: “Humanist and SOCIALIST”
Nice, good to know all this info. However, I hope they use that new military tech as means of deterrence. We don’t want Venezuela to turn into a wasteland/battlefield like Ukraine has.
Edit: Petro’s and Lula’s position becomes very important right now because we don’t want to see Brazil and Colombia as open flanks in Venezuela’s defense.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
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I also saw this on twitter and my immediate thought was “that like ratio is very worrisome.”
Most of the not-fascists have left twitter now.
True, now it’s just bots and the worst people on the planet.
Is JDVance calling on the military to kill himself?
What even is a soft power amirite?
I love the recurring gag that euphemisms make Trump irrationally angry
I had to look this up, that is… wow. Department of Defense to Department of War. I suppose it makes sense with how this crop of reactionaries functions; part of their shtick is that “political correctness” language is bad, so I could see them viewing Defense as unnecessarily hiding the true function of the department. Like toxic masculinity thing? Obsession with projecting strength. I mean, there are political contexts in which projecting strength makes sense, but this is effectively a “quiet part out loud” thing. Yes, maybe the country that keeps waging war for decades should call its “Department of Defense” a “Department of War”, but it sounds like something anti-war advocates would come up with when venting about how awful things are, not something you’d ever expect the government to do for real.
Like imagine if israel renamed the IDF to the “commit genocide force”. Perhaps Trump could put a word in their ear? The added honesty would be nice.
