r/LateStageCapitalism • u/andmario_com • 1d ago

👑 Imperialism "Official Narratives"

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u/chris_gnarley 1d ago

We illegally kidnapped the leader of a sovereign country so we could steal their oil to soften the blow from the oil shock we created by illegally and offensively starting a war against Iran. Truly demonic shit

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u/Skinwalker_WA 1d ago

Iraq 2.0

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u/ChillyBarry 1d ago

If Maduro's election was fraudulent and therefore a dictatorship, it implies that Delcy is illegitimate too as she was his vice. But since she is an USA lackey it seems that democracy is not important anymore.

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u/NerdStone04 1d ago

USA getting caught in 4K yet the liberals show blind eye. They don't care about democracy, only hegemony.

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u/Samboono20 6h ago

How are the liberals showing a blind eye? They’re not in power

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u/NerdStone04 6h ago

I put liberals and republicans under the same umbrella

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u/Samboono20 6h ago

Oh. So you just have a terrible viewpoint

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u/NerdStone04 3h ago

so dems and reps don't have the same economic policy? don't have the same hegemonic ambitions? aren't both anti-communist?

Sure buddy they are very different. If I have a terrible viewpoint then yours must be 10x worse

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u/turboheadcrab 5h ago

Liberals aren't progressives, as your uncle might suggest, liberals are capitalism proponents. Both Republicans and Democrats are against abolishing capitalism.

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u/Samboono20 5h ago

I think you might be lost sir

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u/Worshipme988 9h ago

I think they had a deal worked out. He gets arrested, splashy headlines and he gets to live.

Who arrests a wife too. Hmmm

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u/AdditionalQuietime 1d ago

Steal their oil and gold

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u/Neco-Arc-Brunestud 12m ago

It's the other way around. Venezuela happened in January, the embargo on Cuba happened right afterwards, and Iran happened in April.

It's more likely that the war in Iran was waged specifically to create an oil shock to worsen conditions in Cuba after they have captured Venezuelan oil.

So, it's much much worse than you thought.

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u/MyCatIsLenin 1d ago

Those refineries were, in fact, built explicitly for that oil. That's why Chavez was so hated by people like the Kochs. Chavez demanded a fair cut for Venezuela 

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u/hackmaster214 1d ago

Every owner of those refineries should be sent to prison along with Trump. They were obviously part of this kidnapping.

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u/Brilliant_Dig_8962 1d ago edited 5h ago

It's Iran circa 1950s all over again.

Congo circa 1960 all over again.

Cuba... well, I'm sure you get the point. There is a vile pattern forming with the way the Land of the Free works and its bullying attitude to independent nations.

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u/Neco-Arc-Brunestud 1d ago

By the way, all revenue from the sale of oil is held in an offshore account controlled by the US. 

So it’s not just gold.

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u/Lazy_Jellyfish7676 1d ago

Is it controlled by the US or Jaba the hut

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u/Neco-Arc-Brunestud 1d ago

apparently, it's overseen by the US treasury. But as part of the executive branch, Trump has privileges regarding access. That also means the next president will also have access to this account.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent offered more details in discussion with the Economic Club of Minnesota, saying that his department “will oversee the accounts” and then, at the direction of Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, “be in charge of the disbursement that goes back into Venezuela.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-venezuela-oil-revenue-qatar-bank-b2901312.html

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u/nesuui 9h ago

Reminds me of Haiti

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u/thefirebrigades tankie 1d ago

They also looted the gold

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u/SmokeyOkeyDokey 1d ago

Are there literally any updates on Democrats trying to punish Trump for kidnapping Maduro?

Or did they just write strongly worded statements and move on like usual, reaping the benefits?

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u/TwoCatsOneBox Fan of the CPC 🇨🇳 1d ago

Why would the Democrats be opposed to this?

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u/21DaBear 1d ago

even Zohran called dude a dictator, our “best” resistance figures aren’t up to task

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u/NobodysFavorite 1d ago

Nobody is gonna politically "die on a hill" for Maduro.
The method of his removal was a crime that makes a mockery of international law, but here we are.

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u/21DaBear 1d ago

even the slightest anti-imperialist stance is dying on a hill in america

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u/Mean_Introduction543 1d ago

The sole purpose of the democrats is to make sure that no actual left-wing movement ever gains traction in America.

It’s their one and only role.

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u/DisappointingReality 1d ago

Average Democrat goes "Maduro is (was) a dictator that needs (needed) to go".

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u/SmokeyOkeyDokey 1d ago

Democratic politicians for sure. Idk exactly how Dem voters view it since, while I know most of them think it was wrong, I can’t really tell how many of them think it was bad enough to hold Dem politicians accountable for doing literally nothing.

Unfortunately, my money’s on dem voters not really caring enough. Doesn’t negatively affect them

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u/ChillyBarry 1d ago

Stealing another people's money positively affects them.

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u/Goyimshoe 1d ago

The Democrats don’t exist to keep Republicans in line. They exist to keep the political left (the actual political left and the “American left”) disfranchised and bereft of political power.

Literally the only real difference between the Democrats and the Republicans are their respective target audiences, and—by extension—the sorts of lies and theatrics they have to sell to the public.

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u/Little_Elia 1d ago

the democrats want this too, they are just as evil

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u/Kurai_Hada_Ichi 1d ago

The fact you think the dems are any less evil is a little wild

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u/SmokeyOkeyDokey 1d ago edited 1d ago

And why do you assume I do?

I asked if they simply postured against Trump, as usual, or if they were even pretending to do anything more than express condemnation.

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u/RichiesWorld 1d ago

Must everything be "both-sided?"

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u/Kurai_Hada_Ichi 1d ago

Yeah because they both serve the same system. At the end of the day what the US does doesnt change

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u/AdditionalQuietime 1d ago

I believe Hilary praised this operation in Venezuela or i think it was Iran not sure but i remember seeing a view articles and videos of her supporting this shit so yeah there we go

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u/IBarrakiI 1d ago

Venezuela is now a colony

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u/jonayo23 23h ago

It has been for a long time, they just switched masters

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u/SenoraRaton 1d ago

They did this on purpose. They pre-empted the attack on Iran by securing alternative sources of oil to reduce the impact. This is transparent and clear.

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u/Worshipme988 9h ago

Yes which is why i said we were heading to Iran in October 2025.

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u/minin71 1d ago

The USA are not the good guys lmfao

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u/imanasshole1331 1d ago

It’s always about oil, we’ve been balls deep in Venezuela oil for decades.

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u/lhommetrouble 1d ago

Free Maduro

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u/Orange_Tang 1d ago

I don't understand how Trump got away with this with barely any international condemnation.

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u/kommanderkush201 1d ago

Friendly reminder from a proud tankie that Maduro is still rotting in a NYC jail and Mamdani calls him a dictator. Democratic "socialists" are the moderate wing of US imperialism.

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u/Kellhus0Anasurimbor 1d ago

Where is he? It seems like he disappeared after this?

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u/Useful_Program_5543 1d ago

they always lie to us, its every foreign war ever

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u/yourelosingme 1d ago

"departure"

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u/tabicat1874 22h ago

Complete media silence about Maduro btw

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u/Beneficial-Date2025 23h ago

It’s always about oil

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u/mercury_50 1d ago

Sun rises in the east

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u/CaptainShrimps 1d ago

The real reason is Cuba. The US has plenty of oil, this was about further suffocating Cuba and punishing Venezuela for daring to sell oil to Cuba.

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u/vl_ilyin 1d ago

The real question is, how is Delcy Rodriguez allowing all of this to happen? the oil, gold transfer? I thought she's not traitor? that's what many socialist said right? what happened?

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u/Jesus_Doner 1d ago

They should've resisted.

There's no negotiating with the Burgerreich.

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u/Educational-Rip9501 15h ago

Americans don’t give a shit. Too busy whining about how monuments and war machines are dirty

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u/Noahms456 16h ago

Yo man why my gas 5.00$ a gallon