• Samskara@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    I know two Venezuelans. Both of them left because of the Chavez/Maduro government‘s mismanagement of the economy and oppression of the opposition. Neither of them is well off or well connected, so they left the country to make a living.

    When Trump started his intervention, both of them said „Trump can take the oil, I don’t care, as long the government finally changes“.

    Becoming a US territory like Puerto Rico would improve the lives of most Venezuelans pretty noticeably.

    • thepig@lemmy.zip
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      6 days ago

      He WILL take the Oil and the people will still be oppressed. Thats like making a deal with the devil and gaining nothing in return other that having the very brief satisfaction that your oppressor got fucked. I am Venezuelan and I also can see that both things are pretty bad