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  • Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoNews@lemmy.world•The lie of "self-financing" oil wars
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    11 days ago

    Colonialism is almost always a net drain on the state, because paying for an occupying force is very expensive. Even during the height of British colonialism they were spending more on the colonies then they were getting back in tax revenue from them.

    Colonialism only helps the oligarchs / capitalists who are able to exploit the new resources and cheap labor.

    If we actually do get in a protracted quagmire in Venezuela it will cost the US taxpayers $1 trillion and make Exxon and friends $1 trillion.

  • Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoNews@lemmy.world•Rubio says U.S. won’t govern Venezuela but will press for changes through oil blockade
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    12 days ago

    I doubt most Venezuelans will appreciate an oil “quarantine” which will further stress there already strained economy.

    Most Venezuelans in the US are happy because they tend to be the wealthier middle class that could afford to leave and hate Maduro, for some valid reasons.

    It’d be like if Trump took over and you only listened to the US expat community in Canada. Everyone there would cheer Trump’s death, even if it was by foreign imperialist hands, but that wouldn’t be an accurate view of what all Americans think of Trump. Most would be mad if Xi assassinated trump, even if they didn’t like him personally.

    In Venezuela the people are more split on Maduro but if the choice is between him and some US backed regime that siezes the oil and gives it to Exxon then most are going to side with Maduro.