The Venezuelan people themselves and the collectivos might rebel against the government if they actually go through with selling out the oil. I can not think of a bigger self-own than handing out tens of thousands of arms to fight the imperialists, then doing an about-face and working with the imperialists. Those guns will come back to overthrow them if they continue on the path they are on

Nah, this is the opposite of what you do to become a pet conservative in the DNC. The DNC teams up with the Liz Cheney, Romney and McCain types, the "centrist" neocons who love war and love Israel. MTG being super anti-Israel basically makes her radioactive and the DNC would never touch her with a 100-foot pole

Finkelstein eternally vindicated

It can only be explained by the leadership of one or more of these countries not believing it would be necessary until it very clearly was. They are all still completely in denial about the US warmachine.

worldnews mod would never lie

Let's see Epstein's Halo 3 stats

The idealist yearns for the lion pit

I noticed with my niece and nephews that getting down to their level to talk, and talking to them like humans with their own interests and priorities, instantly makes them like you. Kids just want some respect and acknowledgment. They don't want to be baby-talked down to or treated like an afterthought or nuisance.

The self-lobotomization of America is in full swing. Just huffing leaded paint and driving into a brick wall

I know Israel was doing this for podcasts, advertising that they would pay for people to listen to them lmao

Yes and it has its origins in America in racism. White men would call men of races lower on the hierarchy "son" or "boy" and never acknowledge them as men. It is meant to be emasculating and psychologically dominating. A constant reminder of the "order" of things.

This is of course completely separate from other cultures having a tradition of using family words for non-family members, often as honorifics (like using "uncle" or "auntie" in China to talk to an older person). The "order of things" being reinforced here is just respect for ones elders, which is a fairly common and benign cultural tradition.