There’s no ideology here. It’s just raw id in the Freudian sense. Right now Trump and fellow traveler used ski-doo salesmen are just riding waves of distraction and self aggrandizement. It’s all pure social media brain rot.

We can only hope this doesn’t spread. Regardless of what anyone thinks of Maduro (spoiler, not a fan, despite my tankie friends’ annoyance), this will be bad for Venezuela.

This is will either make a loud wet slapping sound or turn into Trump’s Fallujah.

Anyway, I’m furious, my Brazilian family are furious…

I’ll be very curious how “America” reacts to this. How are things on the ground PRFers? I suspect an exhausted sigh.

Gramsci wrote: There’s no ideology here. It’s just raw id in the Freudian sense. Right now Trump and fellow traveler used ski-doo salesmen are just riding waves of distraction and self aggrandizement. It’s all pure social media brain rot.

We can only hope this doesn’t spread. Regardless of what anyone thinks of Maduro (spoiler, not a fan, despite my tankie friends’ annoyance), this will be bad for Venezuela.

This is will either make a loud wet slapping sound or turn into Trump’s Fallujah.

I haven't read enough to know the inner dynamics of Venezuelan politics. I know Maduro is a brute, and there's a popular resistance seizing this opportunity. What I don't know is the over/under on the chances this leads to a civil war for them.

losthighway wrote: Sat Jan 03, 2026 11:10 am I haven't read enough to know the inner dynamics of Venezuelan politics.

Like, why is this even important for you or US of A? It's, erm, their domestic political situation. Domestic.

I feel like that we're in a timeline where this country could nuke a, lets say, Sierra Leone, and no one would give two shits about it. WE would all just shrug and demand some additional context on it.

Here's my limited understanding of Venezuela.

Maduro was voted out of office (by huge margin) like two years ago and simply refused to leave. He is not the legitimate president.

Trump did it without the consent (knowledge of?) of congress what the opposition to Maduro has been asking for since that election, and had hoped the Biden admin (and our allies) would do.

Someone said that Hegseth is "not a serious person." This is the best descriptor I have found to describe him. He's a caricature, the kind you see drawn at county fairs.

Gramsci wrote: Sat Jan 03, 2026 4:40 am When you’re the most unpopular president in history you’ve gotta do some regime change, that always works out just great.

There's nothing more Cold-War-America than meddling in Latin American politics. Maduro sucks but starting a war under false pretenses didn't bode well for W. Trump and Kegsbreath had already entered the realm of war criminals.

Pete looks in the mirror and sees an oiled Stallone from Rambo II replete with Christian Crusader tats.

I’m pretty sure this happened because South Park made fun of Hegseth.

Lu Zwei wrote: Sat Jan 03, 2026 10:33 am I have never wanted to visit the USA because I always found it too crowded and sterile for any positive personal experience.

Give it a week to change your mind.
We have lots of space!

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Lu Zwei wrote: Sat Jan 03, 2026 10:33 am I have never wanted to visit the USA because I always found it too crowded and sterile for any positive personal experience.

Give it a week to change your mind.
We have lots of space!

Agreed. The US can be an incredible place to visit with the right people to spend time with. How much I enjoy visiting the US vs how much of a clusterfuck its politics are is incredibly frustrating.

Lu Zwei wrote: Sat Jan 03, 2026 11:16 am

losthighway wrote: Sat Jan 03, 2026 11:10 am I haven't read enough to know the inner dynamics of Venezuelan politics.

Like, why is this even important for you or US of A? It's, erm, their domestic political situation. Domestic.

I was raised to take a sudden interest in the domestic politics of nations my country's military illegally and arbitrarily topples. It's called manners.

But seriously. We've been doing this shit since Vietnam. The chief jumped into this conflict without our support. Now they're going to try to retroactively sell it to us. This requires a defensive shield of "Well actually...".