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Why don't you socialists try winning through the ballot box (lemmygrad.ml)
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[–] burlemarx@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 month ago

Exactly. It was very important that Chavez was a military officer. They did very important things to strengthen their power, one of them was purging reactionary elements from the armed forces. The other was creating a militia from popular elements, which can be quickly drafted and can support the government in case of need.