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That's a surprisingly bad idea, confirming the worst retoric of a dictator and pushing a country in full on civil war allegedly for saving it's people. Lest we
by bumholio 8y ago
That's a surprisingly bad idea, confirming the worst retoric of a dictator and pushing a country in full on civil war allegedly for saving it's people.
Lest we forget, Venezuela degraded to this pitiful situation after the democratic election of a populist who proceeded to redistribute the oil wealth to the poorest citizens. The disastrous policies were very welcomed by parts of the population, and they must be democratically rejected or rescoped to not kill the economy.
- i_made_a_booboo 8y agoVenezuela does not function as a democracy. It hasn't for a while now.
- bumholio 8y agoIndeed, there's been widespread electoral abuses. But there is still a multiparty political system, there is still some opposition. Democratic principles can still work, for example public pressure can cut off political support of the leaders from their own party base, looking for self preservation. These sort of soft revolutions happened all over Eastern Europe, and even during the Arab Spring. Basically, civil war is the absolute worst thing that can happen, so as long as there is still a chance the situation can solve itself peacefully, it should not be instigated from abroad.