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Venezuela does not function as a democracy. It hasn't for a while now.
by i_made_a_booboo 8y ago
Venezuela 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.