Why would anyone find this funny?
I think we all acknowledge precedent or not Trump is going to do what he wants. He isn’t studying laws from centuries ago to find loop holes to deport people for instance. He isn’t prefacing the Clinton administration for his current crimes.
The poster crimson was talking to has a nasty habit of routinely being unable to get through one trump administration illegal or cruel action without referring to something prior instead of holding the actual perpetrator accountable. He is minimizing his actions just like the media he routinely denigrates.
There will be plenty of time to dissect the historical root which led us here. But when they are still digging bodies out of the rubble and the political chaos of the post maduro era has yet to even begin, I’d posit to say perhaps our energy should be primarily focused on the man primarily responsible instead of immediately and reflexively blaming someone else from decades ago.
Death toll rising and apparently the most pompous poster in here is actually correct for citing actions by dead politicians several decades ago instead of holding the current president accountable. WATTBA
Chavez died at the right time . Stuff was already unraveling but then he died so he didn’t have to deal with the fallout.Yup
Ever since Chavez got in charge and nationalized their oil, the US have worked to undermine Venezuela. That’s not a pro Maduro stance, but an anti US imperialism stance. Chavez unfortunately died at the wrong moment and Maduro’s goofy ass got power. We really back to mid 20th century imperialism.
Exactly, that’s why this ain’t going the way the neocons think.Which makes me wonder how effective removing him actually is. That is is like Trump taking out a lesser Trump. The loyalist are really just leftover Chavez people.
Like I said, you people need to grow the fukk up.
When we're at the point where anyone that goes against the hivemind is MAGA, we've jumped the shark.
Venezuelans cheering in the streets and these cats grumping about Trump.
Get real.
And if this site wasn't falling apart, you'd be able to search me calling out posters for posting from right wing social media.
The fact of the matter is, this place has become an echo chamber to the point where people are championing dictators and authoritarian regimes as long as they're AGAINST America and then trying to make it a Black thing on top of that.
"The Left" doesn't have any actual positions and it shows, just endless opposition and taxes and feelings.
What a joke.

I was with you until the last part.I actually agree with this, but probably not for what you think.
China is eventually going to take back Taiwan and the US won’t do anything about it because Southeast Asia is China’s and we are 7,000 miles away. They own that part of the world and the US will control the western hemisphere.
We are moving to a multipolar world and that’s okay. The US has seemed to cede the economic side while still having all the guns.
America’s downfall is internal in that no one has come up with an economic remedy that satisfies most citizens. And we are uninterested in the climate crisis and have ceded leadership to China.
I really want to agree with this, but world policing as we see fit with disregard for international law, has been standard operating procedure for a long time in America.We should avoid responding to every deadly, stability breaking, illegal trump administration action with “but (insert former person(s) with political power) did ______.”
It gives the impression that nothing is ever Donald Trumps fault and fails to hold him (rightly) accountable for his actions.
When Trump bombs a capital city, kills civilians and destabilizes their already frail political system, the bulk of the analysis of the situation should revolve around his actions, not turn into a history lesson hoping to minimize his actions less than 24 hours into the event.
Respectfully.
It’s honestly one of the downsides of Trump winning these elections. Outside of him being an racist unlawful POS, the ultra‑partisanship has people even supposedly intellectual posters viewing issues like foreign policy with blinders on. Most administrations will stick to using drones to slaughter people or rely on the CIA operations. Trump generally doesn’t care and will do it the open. This is what the united states geopolitical is and have been for the last 80 years, trump just has zero tact. Thankfully social media is starting to really expose us hegemonyI really want to agree with this, but world policing as we see fit with disregard for international law, has been standard operating procedure for a long time in America.
Reducing it down to just something Trump is doing gives far too many passes to US powerbrokers and the military industrial complex... and reeks of partisanship.
Trump isnt doing anything new, he's just doing it out in the open and loudly.
We should be condemning Americas policy of world policing IMO, as well as Trump.
The nastiest thing about Trump, which a lot of liberals don’t want to accept, is he is the mirror to what they’ve supported the last 50 years. He doesn’t speak the right language to hide it.It’s honestly one of the downsides of Trump winning these elections. Outside of him being an racist unlawful POS, the ultra‑partisanship has people even supposedly intellectual posters viewing issues like foreign policy with blinders on. Most administrations will stick to using drones to slaughter people or rely on the CIA operations. Trump generally doesn’t care and will do it the open. This is what the united states geopolitical is and have been for the last 80 years, trump just has zero tact. Thankfully social media is starting to really expose us hegemony
I’m waiting for the as well as part to happen. Again if every single action by his administration is met with a caveat then he’s never actually being held accountable for his actions. Which I know is kind of the goal from some people in here, but luckily in reality people aren’t as willfully obtuse. Thankfully within the first 24 hours of people getting bombed, the average person isn’t algo driven to the point where they instinctively pontificate on why it’s actually not the fault of the guy pressing the button.I really want to agree with this, but world policing as we see fit with disregard for international law, has been standard operating procedure for a long time in America.
Reducing it down to just something Trump is doing gives far too many passes to US powerbrokers and the military industrial complex... and reeks of partisanship.
Trump isnt doing anything new, he's just doing it out in the open and loudly.
We should be condemning Americas policy of world policing IMO, as well as Trump.