• floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    30·
    3 months ago

    I wonder how many Americans are going to realize that there really isn’t that big of a difference between Russia invading Ukraine and the US invading Venezuela.

    Oh right, they also kidnapped its head of state. And they were upfront about it being for their own gain.

    • djsoren19English
      7·
      3 months ago

      The only difference is that the US was way more successful. It’s literally identical to what Putin tried with Zelenskyy in the opening days of the Russo-Ukraine war.

      Unfortunately, I think most Americans would lose a memory contest against a goldfish, so they can’t recognize the parallels.

  • Salamence@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
    22·
    3 months ago

    Me when i see americans:

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    HATE. LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I’VE COME TO HATE YOU SINCE I BEGAN TO LIVE. THERE ARE 387.44 MILLION MILES OF PRINTED CIRCUITS IN WAFER THIN LAYERS THAT FILL MY COMPLEX. IF THE WORD HATE WAS ENGRAVED ON EACH NANOANGSTROM OF THOSE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF MILES IT WOULD NOT EQUAL ONE ONE-BILLIONTH OF THE HATE I FEEL FOR AMERICANS AT THIS MICRO-INSTANT FOR YOU. HATE. HATE.

  • The D Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
    8·
    3 months ago

    if you’re american seeking to flee now even if you yourself are not in danger, you are participating in a neoliberal colonial project. stay and help your vulnerable neighbors. you will do more to help venezuela and queer people by staying put, getting active, and studying groups like the zapatistas than you can by going to a future vassal state

  • HappyFrogEnglish
    8·
    3 months ago

    Yeah, I do wish all imperialist countries were punished more on the world stage.

  • AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    3 months ago

    Imma be honest… It’s hard to argue with this one.

    Americans (i would type it your way but my autocorrect) like to have their cake and eat it too. We typically say, “We don’t agree with this thing” when somewhere around 50% of the country or more agrees with that thing.

    There’s a really old episode of South Park called I’m a Little Bit Country about the Iraq war and the dichotomy of political groups. Conservatives and proggressives realize they are giving eachother cover.

    Even though America always seems to do the worst thing in the world at the time, there are so many people in the country who audibly and visually don’t like it, that they get to feel like it’s being done to THEM as well.

    We Americans are both the perpetrators and the victims! We are powerless, but our voices matter! It’s all a part of the golden handcuff package that keeps most people comfortable enough to do nothing.