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.
I personally am not their primary target yet, but this is the case for many American citizens and immigrants of any kind.
Of course, that is not the case for most Americans, but I’d wager there’s a huge overlap in “Americans on the fediverse” and “people likely to be close to the top of the out-groups list” Hell, my old highschool once made national news for a hate crime against an LGBT student. It’s a shit hole.
My point is, some of the people you are talking to here are likely also afraid for their lives.
Good point.