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> Gee I wonder why he might be paranoid about foreign operatives trying to violently oust him Because he’s an unpopular dictator who knows fairly well for havi
by kergonath 2y ago
> Gee I wonder why he might be paranoid about foreign operatives trying to violently oust him
Because he’s an unpopular dictator who knows fairly well for having seen it in the recent past that you can go very quickly from getting 99% of the vote in an election to dead in a ditch? In his position you’re either paranoid or dead. This does not make him a better person.
- culi 2y agoYou can have that personal belief, but independent analyses of past election results have upheld their validity. If he's a dictator, he's one that's earned the popular vote of Venezuela multiple times. Perhaps this time it's different
- nequo 2y ago> but independent analyses of past election results have upheld their validity What do you consider to be independent? I’m seeing a lot of the opposite here for 2018 for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Venezuelan_presidential_election#International https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Venezuelan_presidential_e...