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que alguien lo ate a una silla y le arranque la piel de a pedacitos

theres ppl deadass arguing that bc the venezuelan president was bad that its ok for the us to bomb civilians okay sure i guess americas can just bomb anyone all the time whenever they want then oh wait they already do that and it was never okay any of the other times for any of the other reasons either jesus christ

anglaised

i dont care how “bad” another government is that dont give the us or any nation 4 that matter the right to bomb the place especially civilian areas like what the hell is not clicking it dont matter…like no one should be bombing anyone at all, that is not a thing that should be happening, i don’t give a fuck what xyz goverment did you dont get to bomb civilians in response to that why is this like a crazy stance to have

anglaised

hi superman is not real, that is not a real person, that is a fictional made up not real character, superman doesnt understand anything because superman is a comic book character who does not exist, lets try talking about real life when the topic is real life war crimes and imperialism, because this is real life and serious and not a comic book

opencommunion

it’s not just about oil (although it involves oil). it’s about destabilizing one of the last remaining sovereign bolivarian socialist governments, which is modeling paths to collective prosperity in the context of global capitalist domination. just be careful not to reduce the war on venezuela to purely ‘trump wants oil’ — this is part of the long war between US imperialism and bolivarismo. yes he wants oil, yes venezuela is rich in oil, but why is venezuela singled out from other oil rich nations? it represents the hope of sovereignty for all people whose life chances are strangled by the US imperialist world system. it is not just about oil, it’s about the threat that venezuelan resource sovereignty poses to the global capitalist system both materially and ideologically. maybe that looks like splitting hairs but i want to get ahead of this narrative now because it was a huge rhetorical error in western opposition to the war on iraq as well; we already know screaming “the bad guy just wants oil” was not enough to stop the genocide in iraq. we need to keep the full historical, social, and political context always in the frame, and we need to oppose this coup by all means available from wherever we are

thelastkoala

Hello, I'm Venezuelan. This is insane.

Venezuela doesn't represent any hope, it's government stands for no laudable political ideal and its sovereignty has been thoroughly compromised by corruption and dictatorship for just short of my entire lifetime. It's government is not admirable nor worthy of protection or respect. Is this imperialism? Yes, obviously. But every Venezuelan I know is celebrating because what we've had going on for the past three decades has been worse

opencommunion

the idea that every venezuelan is celebrating the bombing of caracas would be laughable if it wasn’t so insulting. try harder next time, the “I’m X and I think X nation should be couped” formula is a little tired atp

tamamita

chorusys

may any United States soldier that steps foot in Venezuela leave in a fucking body bag.

astillaz

infectiouspiss

jesus fucking christ trump has just kidnapped a world leader

infectiouspiss

apparently this post is how people are finding out. the president of venezuela and his wife have just been kidanpped and taken to the usa. this follows a sudden invasion and bombing of venezuela

The US President says Maduro has been "flown out of the country", as Venezuela declares a national emergency.

chinook-wind

Should Canadians be worried? Trump says he wants us to be a state. We have almost as much oil as Venezuela. He claimed we let drugs through our borders. How are we different?

infectiouspiss

no, a primarily white western superpower doesn't have to worry, but you do need to learn when to shut up. a war crime as been committed stop trying to make it about you when you're not the fucking targets and never will be

ishowdespair-deactivated2026012

liberals be like he bombed a country…. without congress approval

anglaised

donnnnnnnt care u r a stain on humanity

tetrafelino

kill every yank now

tetrafelino

the US is attacking Venezuela because they're fucking ghouls scrambling to keep a dying empire up on its last leg, not because they're somehow afraid that after all these years people will suddenly actually do something about the Epstein crowd

the implication alone, that the median yanqui would actually care more about their country doing what it always does than an internal scandal, is unreal - as exemplified by this cartoon itself, since framing it like this is distracting from Venezuela.

in fact the only point an image like this could possibly have is "stop talking about what the US does to foreigners"

deusetco

reminds me of this bullshit i stumbled upon a couple of weeks ago. the self-centeredness and racism from all possible angles is incredible i'm still livid about it

i need them all dead by yesterday

imsobadatnicknames2

gringos see global south people as human beings challenge (level: impossible)

mskingbeann

every time a country is invaded by the US under the excuse of “rescuing” its people, what’s left behind is either a cemetery or an open air asylum.

there isn’t a single case in history where the US actually saved a country from anything, what they did leave behind, consistently, were stolen resources, exploited land, and futures permanently scarred by military dictatorships.

what the US does in the middle east is widely known, what many people still don’t fully grasp is what they’ve done and continue to do in latin america.

they funded, trained, and supported military dictatorships across most of the region, and they infiltrated our cultures in a calculated, orchestrated way that still shapes us today.

to my LATAM stay strong cuz we’re going to need it in the years ahead.

imsobadatnicknames2

Oh my fucking god I've already seen yankees using this shit to votescold other yankees as if the shit they're doing to venezuela is s trump-specific aberration and not completely in line with the last 100 years of US bipartisan foreign policy re: Latin America.

"Now other countries are paying the price of your moral purity" etc etc. vamos cerrando el ortito gringo mamón, no tienes nada de valor que decir en esa cabecita dios mío.

miss-wizard

DO NOT LET SOCIAL MEDIA TURN YOU INTO AN AMERICAN

coleblackblood

As an American: Seriously, please don’t

miss-wizard

ok well i don't

alatismeni-theitsa

"Americanization" is a real phenomenon, and how non-Americans should be cautious of it is taught in different countries at school. It's taught in Greece and people from other countries told me their elementary or middle school teachers (using the American grades, to make it make sense to the majority on the site) talked to them about it.

It's common sense here, except for USians, so I'll analyze it a bit more for the dominant demographic here. In a globalized setting, the most dominant culture affects the others and sets the trends. The way our language works, how we think, our levels of politeness and intimacy, and our levels of respect. (flash news, they are going down 😂)

I don't want to imply that there is nothing good in the US. There are plenty of positives in the country. It's just that for the rest of the cultures online it's a constant daily fight to not forget our roots, with the degree US media and brands have permeated our lives. In Greece at least we watch more US American media than Greek media nowadays, and many of our shows are rip-offs of USian ones, with little adaptation to Greek reality and culture.

And to demonstrate the amount of this exposure, a 22-year-old Greek asked me the other day "if something happens we call 911, right?" This might have literally cost them their life, in a dangerous situation! Because all the movies and songs they consumed (not an unusual thing for the Greek youth) were what they knew. And I found a similar comment in this comment thread.

kingwren

Lots of Americans in the notes failing to understand this post. It's not about not liking the US. It's not about you feeling ashamed or guilty for being American. It's not about you.

It's about American media drowning out native language media all over the world, and workplaces requiring the English language in your repertoire more and more. It's about proper translations and foreign language dubbing of films disappearing because "everyone speaks/should speak English anyway." All of this is leading to the deterioration of native speaker groups of languages worldwide.

In my country, Dutch language courses can't find enough people who want to study the language, while English language courses are overflowing with people who want to study the language. There is even widespread distaste for the Dutch language for being crude or sounding rough or what have you. That's our native language!!! That is our culture in its purest form!!! That is knowledge we inherit from our parents as they did from theirs!!! That is how we learned fairytales and folk stories and myths!!! That is the language that shapes our communication and our way of thinking!!! To hate your native language is to hate yourself at the deepest level.

And yet it's so normalised. Droves of foreigners living in the Netherlands will never learn a word of Dutch, because "everyone speaks English anyway." We are the world's leaders in non-native understanding of English, but it comes at a cost. A grave cost we will continue to pay.

If you're looking to support your non-American friends in any way that is not performatively shouting "I hate being an American" into the void, first of all, unlearn that hatred of yourself and your culture. You are of no help self-flagellating, and there is a difference between holding your country accountable for its issues, and denying yourself your culture because your country is doing and has done bad things.

(I am not going to get into arguments about whether or not US American culture exists. It does, and if you think differently you are welcome to change your mind.)

Secondly, learn about other countries. Learn a bit of Chinese. Take an interest in the Italian political system. Ask your friends about their countries' folklore. Watch documentaries about art from Nigeria. Absorb information that is not fed to you by American media.

And thirdly, quit expecting your non-American friends to communicate in a way that appeals to you. The French and Dutch will always seem rude to you because our way of communicating is far more direct than the way you communicate. People from other cultures may seem vague to you because their way of communicating is far more indirect, and you're not used to that either. Quit being frustrated when you don't get what we mean exactly. Quit assuming we mean the absolute worst thing you could imagine just because you didn't get what we meant the first time. Ask us to explain if you need us to, and learn to accept that we are different from you.

We are already adapting to your culture 100% of the time we are online. It's your responsibility to adapt to us, too. At least do your friends the courtesy of learning about and adapting to them.

onedivinemisfit

We are already adapting to your culture 100% of the time we are online. It's your responsibility to adapt to us, too. At least do your friends the courtesy of learning about and adapting to them.

revcleo

Also like people who say "just leave tumblr if you don't want to see american stuff" it's fucking everywhere it's not just online, it's offline too, our politicians keep trying to copy the USA, your tarrifs bankrupted small sellers all over Europe, your proxy wars and ability to just stop wars with a phone call also influence us, in south america Venezuela is currently risking being bombed to distract people from the fact that your president is a paedophile.

Emerican Johnson once had a good video (which I can't find any more) about how he moved from being a capitalist into a socialist, which involved leaving the USA and then realising that people outside of the USA can't choose to ignore politics from the USA because of how much it affects everyone.

There's a good video by Jack Saint on cultural cringe, and how even unintentionally when there's a culture which is considered modern (like it fills the cinemas) it can make your own culture seem boring and shitty meaning you go towards the other culture and abandon your own history and sometimes even language. Like an interesting example of this is how 'white walls' are considered cool in Indian social media because of how there's so many people from the USA who have just plain white walls for their videos, rather than traditional Indian house designs. Especially because IKEA is expensive and out of reach for most people in India, so having a plain painted white wall with IKEA furniture is actually a status symbol!

There's been so many times I've tried to get through to a bunch of people from the US the sheer amount of stuff we can't avoid. But I think the indoctrination which people in the USA do go through has been made quite clear in some of the recent videos from Evan Edinger, where he can point out where the absolute nonsense he's recieved in his comments is mentally from, as he grew up in the USA but once he lived in another country he realised all the wool which had been pulled over his eyes.

Many people from the USA when confronted with the truth seem even unable to unwilling to actually listen to people from outside the USA. They just get angry and combative. Like arguments like "We have problems inside too!" Like yeah of course you do, we know, we can show you paths to help. "Why are you attacking us, there's lots of POC in the USA" do you think there's only white people outside of the usa? do you think there's only white people even in Europe or something? Very racist argument to make. "I'm not listening to an X" if the place someone comes from means you won't listen to them, never mind the xenophobia it just makes you look like a child if you say an argument is based on who someone is rather than what it says.

sliceoftheskye

I remember sitting in a call with a few people in @ayeforscotland server as we watched the 2025 US election results coming in and verbalising my feelings on it which summed up as

"I cannot wait for the time that I (a Scottish Person) no longer need to know how many Electoral college votes Georgia gets."

When America sneezes the rest of us catch a cold.

elbiotipo

Lo siento Elvis Otipo, pero tenés que ser presidente de mesa

woah mama es hora de ejercer mi deber cívico *agita la pelvis*

petertism-deactivated20240307

televisionenjoyer

Can't even boycott the last of us, can't even boycott captain america, SOME OF YOU CAN'T EVEN QUIT HARRY POTTER. And then you refuse to read some classic from a guy who's not even around to do any harm because "all the classics were written by white heterosexual men" WHICH IS NOT EVEN TRUE

moonmoonthecrabking

some of you couldn’t even boycott the minecraft movie

holyshitrozanov

Maybe providing some “high seas 🏴‍☠️” resources would help make it easier for people to not put money toward these things?

televisionenjoyer

Yeah no if you think I'm facilitating this media for you guys to continue to post about it and give it free publicity you rang the wrong door sorry. Million other places on the internet good luck.

holyshitrozanov

I mean I really don’t think three of the biggest franchises ever will get substantial “free publicity” from random blog posts on a platform largely known for being the one no one uses anymore but ok sure 👍🏻

televisionenjoyer

Never shamed anyone that doesn't fall within the specific ass double standard described above. I literally just said I do not feel comfortable participating in it. I will say though if you guys depend so much emotionally on a specific media franchise to the point where you can't find anything else to do to feel joy then well that exceeds my personal abilities and falls more into therapy territory.

holyshitrozanov

it just seems counter productive to tell people to stop accessing media that is very easy to access but refuse to give them options that aren’t so accessible anymore but won’t line the pockets of the soulless media outlets you’re wanting them to be against. They engage with that media because it’s right there in front of their faces and all they have to do is click on “play now” or choose a cinema screening time. You want people to do something? Make it easy for them to do it.

yaoiblackmold

Do you think piracy is somehow hard in this day and age? As if you can't just google "xyz free movie" and have 100 websites pop up. Must other spoonfeed you everything? Can't you guys do anything on your own

holyshitrozanov

Yeah great way to get a virus, do it without a VPN too, even safer! 🤡 If you think today’s kids/teens know anything about this shit you’re delusional.

televisionenjoyer

Not our problem we live in the beautiful global south