• CybranM@feddit.nu
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    19 hours ago

    After all the fighting, suffering and genocide in the region, it’ll all be for nothing once climate change makes it uninhabitable.

    I’ve marked the pertinent word from the original comment in bold so you can spot it easier.

    The government of Venezuela is trying to serve it’s people? One of the most corrupt governments in the world? That’s your example of a government trying to serve it’s people? Pretty funny

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      9 hours ago

      The government of Venezuela is trying to serve it’s people? One of the most corrupt governments in the world?

      Source: Eagle Freedom Burger institute. The US is literally bombing civilians off the coasts of Venezuela, and your main concern with the country is "corruption, as measured by whom exactly. I hate American exceptionalism.

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        8 hours ago

        Source: Eagle Freedom Burger institute.

        It’s on wikipedia but sure.

        “While corruption is not a new phenomenon in Venezuela, it has dramatically worsened with the Chávez and Maduro regimes. In recent years, Venezuela has been ranked as one of the most corrupt countries globally by international indices, and has played a major role in the economic collapse and broader crisis in Venezuela”

        your main concern with the country is "corruption, as measured by whom exactly

        I’m merely replying to your previous comment, but maybe reading what you’re responding to is difficult, much easier to move goalposts

        The fact is that as soon as a government tries to rule itself to serve its people instead of western capitalists

        I’ve highlighted the pertinent part of your previous comment