Interesting Christopher Caldwell quote on the Venezuela coup

posted 152 days ago by AntonioOfVenice 152 days ago by AntonioOfVenice +30 / -0

Empires seem to deploy their powers to the maximum, desisting only when they no longer have the wherewithal. We may soon be reminded that it was American decline that put Mr. Trump in a position to set American foreign policy in the first place.

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– AntonioOfVenice [S] 3 points 152 days ago +3 / -0

Half the time I think most people think like me, and the current push to neoconize "core MAGA" is a total psyop. And a large part of it is, either way...but it also sometimes seems to be working, and you apparently do have large swathes of "core MAGA" turn on a dime and actually buy into the shit.

I think it's a cult. I think most of these would even turn on Israel if their prophet said Israel is "VERY BAD". I had some hope when so much of core MAGA resisted Iran and suppressing Epstein, but this has been a fiasco.

You actually seem to have a large chunk of pro-America people cheering for 'bringing freedom to Venezuela,' or whatever nonsense.

At least those who aren't cheering "FUCK YEAH TAKE THEIR OIL AND WOMEN". The left has been calling right-wingers "to the right of Genghis Khan" for ages, but now it seems that some decided that they like being Genghis Khan.

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– censorthisss 3 points 152 days ago +3 / -0

Then why didn't they get in line on the H-1B issue?

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– AntonioOfVenice [S] 2 points 152 days ago +2 / -0

And they also didn't get in line with Iran and Epstein, to their credit.

That said, seeing all the people who denounced "neocons" and "regime change ops" change their tune in a day gives me cult vibes.