There are plenty of leftist populists elected in South America, yet those countries stay poor and crime-ridden.

Not exactly South America, but Mexico disagrees. Bolivia too. Leftist populists aren’t miracle workers, but they do have a pretty good track record.

Not gonna shed too many tears over this.

I wonder where I’ve heard this before.

The reason you can’t afford to buy is because of the fucked up housing market where capital competes with normal people for the same supply. Housing shouldn’t cost a hundred bazillion dollars.

Why specifically August 19 2031?

read your theory…

Ahem ahem.

Remigration plot twist.

Uh… why not?

I mean, Takaichi’s cabinet is a new high in Japanese government stupidity so Japan is getting there, they just need time.

Difference between “apologists” and people against imperialist intervention as a solution.

-The person you replied to. Doesn’t sound like they’re talking about Maduro. If you want me to say Maduro bad then sure, Maduro bad. Happy now? Still doesn’t excuse anything the US has done to Venezuela since he took over.

YDI. If you don’t like a community block it; don’t ruin it for everyone else by mass downvoting (which suppresses content to the detriment of the community). It’d be a different story if you were active in c/Grimdark, but you’re clearly not.

You’re the only one talking about Maduro, we’re talking about US aggression against Venezuela.

Ah, yes, support moderate imperialist action and moderately brutal sanctions to moderately impoverish Venezuelans. Very moderate indeed.

The fucked up part is: Science has already come up with a magical solution, plenty in fact; we’re just failing to implement them. Renewables, and especially solar, are developing at an incredible pace and in a better world would already be the main source of energy worldwide. The only technology missing from this equation is the guillotine.

Nothing to radicalize a man quite like the news, huh? Eat the rich.

Fair enough.

Hey, speak for yourself, some people actually like them for it (mainly those with a neglection fetish).

Haven’t heard of any vote, got a link?

I’m sure that, since a blockade is an act of war and it’s not within the president’s power to declare war, Congress will act any second now to stop this problem from escalating. Right? RIGHT?!

Even in red states (which due to the electoral college we don’t care about, only swing states) there are plenty of progressive and progressive-leaning voters that would love to vote for someone like AOC. Dem campaigns are made or broken by their ability to mobilize these people, not by converting Republican (though progressives have historically been successful on that front too).