• Binturong@lemmy.ca
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    8 hours ago

    Your first mistake is thinking someone has to do something for him to act the way he does. Even the rationalization for the illegal actions against Venezuela was contrived as a fig leaf to cover him just doing what he wants to for his own profit. The reason is there’s profit to extort for him and his oligarchy buddies, but they’ll come up with 20 justifications after the fact just to make you feel consoled.

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      8 hours ago

      Then, his actions are no better than actions of any invasive leader. Madlad is actively dumping the country down the slope. I am really amazed how there were no new attempts to kill him.

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        7 hours ago

        Correct. Unfortunately the groups that typically would invest real assets in assassination are the ones with all the money, and one thing he’s not doing is threatening their power and profits in a meaningful way. He desperately wants to be one of the gangster oligarchs, and would never cross them cause he is cucked to their opulence (see: Putin). People talk about blackmail material controlling his actions, and I’m sure there is that too, but I’m just as sure they don’t need it. No, real preemptive assassination attempts tend to target socialists and equalists and those who stand a real chance at elevating the disenfranchised and bridging the gap in the class war. Can’t have that. Mind you, assassination after the damage has already been inflicted is not unheard of, like Mussolini, but that’s more of a vengeful act and pyrrhic victory cause it’s too damn late. Anyway, happy Tuesday!

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        6 hours ago

        I’m inclined to believe that it’s because you can simply bribe him to change his mind. He’s a convenient idiot puppet with power and you can tug on any string to get him to do things you want him to. It’s probably why TACO. There’s probably a bribery match going on in the background.

        It he was a zealot of his beliefs, rigid in his thinking, I believe he would be put down. But he’s so malleable, so it’s more useful to people that have the option to assassinate to bribe instead.