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They'll say he cheated at elections, ignoring that they put in place more measures against cheating than any western country : https://x.com/i/status/1817560455646236974
They'll also ignore that, when you sanction a country to death, you're forbidden to then complain about any alleged cheating at subsequent elections. They'll also ignore that it's our sanctions that ruined Venezuela b.t.w., or that it was attacked because sanctions were becoming inefficient since ~2022.
Everybody is calling him a dictator, and none seem to be aware that the venezuelan communes render such accusations meaningless :
They'll ignore that some measure of authoritarianism is necessary when constantly attacked by the strongest country on earth : https://x.com/i/status/1258879766888886272
They'll usually ignore that socialism would have been more widespread if western countries didn't invade/coup/sanction/destroy socialist(, and anti-zionist,) countries, as hegemons do(, e.g., but in Africa and Asia as well)
Lots of ignorance on both sides convinced to be true, as always(, and perhaps some hypocrites in commands who don't care about the truth nor believe in morality).
It feels useless to talk about it on the internet, or to assassinate Trump in retaliation(, since he'd be replaced), and we(sterners) will continue to picture ourselves as the good guys.
Our societies weren't supposed to be build on lies, if we want to act virtuously then we ought to present both sides of each conflict to our citizens, that's how it's supposed to work.