Edit: to clarify, my statement was a reaction to the entire comment, not just the last few words. I meant that his goal wasn’t to make sure the Venezuelan people were better off now he’s taken their oil, not that his goal wasn’t to take their oil.
And what I implied was that his goals were entirely selfish.
“How dare you imply that the President’s intention was self-centered and at the expense of the good people of Venezuela! He would never!” is what I imagine the people downvoting you are thinking.
I think it’s the social rule of never saying something good about something bad, the inverse being never say something bad about something good. Tribalism.
Well those fucking empty oil reserves and diesel prices sure as fuck don’t think it worked.
Who would have thought sanctioning and sabotaging a small country’s oil industry into the ground for the better part of a century would mean it’s not very useful when you need it to cover your other oil war.
But I guess it’s not too late to start and loose a war with Mexico over their oil.
Well, tbh this is actually one of the few things that actually fucking worked. Maybe his brain is actually inferior to AI.
Are the people of Venezuela happy/better off now that the USA is taking all their oil?
No, but that was not his goal, now was it?
Edit: to clarify, my statement was a reaction to the entire comment, not just the last few words. I meant that his goal wasn’t to make sure the Venezuelan people were better off now he’s taken their oil, not that his goal wasn’t to take their oil.
And what I implied was that his goals were entirely selfish.
I would love to hear your defence of that argument
What @Miaou said
What worked?
Abducting Maduro, the military action I mean or whatever you would call it
“How dare you imply that the President’s intention was self-centered and at the expense of the good people of Venezuela! He would never!” is what I imagine the people downvoting you are thinking.
I have no idea what happened either LOL, either “Truth” Social has found Lemmy or people are massively misunderstanding my comment. Oh well
I think it’s the social rule of never saying something good about something bad, the inverse being never say something bad about something good. Tribalism.
Yeah and sometimes when people see downvoted comments they tend to jump on the bandwagon. I’ve had multiple
moments on Lemmy before
Alex, show us the correct answer on the screen…
Oooh, sorry, whatever you call yourself…
The answer is “both are worthless & manipulative”
hahahahahahaha worked…
Well those fucking empty oil reserves and diesel prices sure as fuck don’t think it worked.
Who would have thought sanctioning and sabotaging a small country’s oil industry into the ground for the better part of a century would mean it’s not very useful when you need it to cover your other oil war.
But I guess it’s not too late to start and loose a war with Mexico over their oil.
I meant just the “military action” of abducting him from his home country. That undeniably worked