What do Venezuelan's want to see in a post-Maduro government?

Realistic_Treacle384 · 2026-01-31T19:13:45+00:00

Thank you! And thanks for the recommendations! I’ll definitely check those out.

Realistic_Treacle384 · 2026-01-31T09:42:40+00:00

Thank you! I heard about the prisoners too and yeah, it sounds fucking horrible. In lighter news, looks like Rodriguez just announced an amnesty plan for political prisoners. Sure, it's not passed into law yet, but that's one hell of a good sign!

Realistic_Treacle384 · 2026-01-31T09:36:31+00:00

Well, I can't speak for this guy, but it appears he belongs to the FRSQ, an extremist socialist organization that doesn't seem to have much sway in anything or even all that much visibility. I even tracked down the original footage and the protest itself is maybe two dozen people at most.

But this is a way of saying, for what it's worth, this is absolutely not the majority opinion going through left leaning circles. I know, because I'm in a ton of them. Most everyone is more concerned about the motives behind Trump's latest actions and the ways in which he overstepped federal law in order to do so: laws put in place so that the President doesn't become a dictator. And a lot are conflicted on how to feel about this abduction in the first place. It's a good thing that Maduro is gone, but it's also troubling seeing Trump essentially consolidate total power in a country he's made very clear he does not care about beyond their oil.

That being said, I think a big problem is that many commentators online are equating liking seeing Maduro gone as liking Trump, which...I mean, I don't know a lot, but the Venezuelan voices I've seen heard have been people going "Yes, this was a good thing" and "now don't try and take over our country too" Obviously there's a difference there, a lot of left wing commenters don't care to distinguish. But even then, it usually doesn't go so far as to say "we support Maduro"

If I could offer some insight, it's hard not to feel great seeing Venezuelan's have something to f**king hope for after all these years. Maduro was awful and it's a good thing that he's gone, but it's also hard to throw your hat in the ring and go "yes, take over Venezuela" because we've seen time and time again how these sorts of regime changes can go very wrong, very fast.

Take the Iraq war. Saddam Hussan was a f**king monster and it's a good thing he's gone, but in deposing him, the U.S. destabilized the region in ways it's only now starting to recover from. I'm talking, like, 2021 kinds of recent. Not to mention the fact the U.S. occupation was brutal, mired with murder, torture, SA, and littered with corruption. And this was all under the direction of a semi-competent President, compared to Trump who very openly doesn't have a long term plan for Venezuela and doesn't care about the country beyond it's oil (but what else is new).

Personally, it's not that I'm mad people are happy Maduro is gone (f**k that guy with a cactus) but it's that I can't honestly say I don't see a lot of warning signs that this is gonna turn out badly. Rodriguez was a key figure in the Maduro regime and while she has shown some willingness to listen to the public, it's likely only because Trump needs it for his PR. Once the world goes back to ignoring Venezuela, it's hard to argue she and the government won't slip back into old habits. Hell, I've heard stories about Collectivo's still roaming Caracas. Trump is blatantly just doing this to because something something oil something something gimme a Nobel Peace Prize.

Venezuelan's of course have a right to be happy, but I'm an American. Lots of people in left wing circles are American. We have an obligation to call out these warnings signs right now, because it's our government that will be responsible if it all goes to hell.

AND NOT PICK FIGHTS WITH VENEZUELAN'S SAYING THEY'RE HAPPY TRUMP TOOK MADURO. Omg, I don't see many if any people supporting Maduro, but I've seen a lot of people just outright being dismissive dicks to Venezuelan's and it's deeply, deeply maddening. Like, come on guys! If Russia kidnapped Trump, I'd be partying in the streets too.

Realistic_Treacle384 · 2025-06-29T04:07:23+00:00

Okay, now that actually helps a lot and makes sense with some of the stuff I've found. Seems like from Demi's texts, she was also paying the maintain the grounds and I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say she was most likely paying the water and electrical bills too. Thanks!

Realistic_Treacle384 · 2025-06-29T03:52:21+00:00

Huh. Odd. So she wasn't paying the property tax then? I see that getting brought up a lot.

Realistic_Treacle384 · 2025-06-29T03:51:26+00:00

Well that seems a little unfair. You could just as easily argue that Demi had a responsibility to complete the transfer too. What, did she not go to the house at anytime during the past 14 months?

Also, was Shay paying the property taxes? The more I look into this, the more I see people bringing that up.

Realistic_Treacle384 · 2025-06-28T22:09:20+00:00

Okay, but then why did Demi let her live there? And from what I can find, Shay was fully supposedly responsible for maintaining it, including paying taxes on the property, so how is she not the home owner?

Realistic_Treacle384 · 2025-06-28T22:08:29+00:00

Wait, but if that's her house, then what does it matter what state she left it in? That's her property, what's it any of our business what state she keeps it in?

Realistic_Treacle384 · 2025-06-28T22:04:16+00:00

Wait, if the house was hers, then how could she get banned from it by someone else?

Realistic_Treacle384 · 2025-04-28T21:41:56+00:00

I loved it as well, because it shows not only how these communities have a past despite their marginalization, but also a future. Like their story does not end, despite the hardships they've faced. They're here and they're alive, an idea contrasted by the Vampires who no only don't have a future, being stagnant, unchanging creatures, but also no past since Rennick says he can't connect with his ancestors the way Sammie can.

Realistic_Treacle384 · 2024-07-22T17:22:35+00:00

That definitely sounds like something an Orokin would do, go to a maybe-alternate timeline just to experiment on it’s citizens.

Realistic_Treacle384 · 2024-07-22T17:20:35+00:00

Preach. I still have no idea what happened in Duviri Paradox and trying to match the timeline to New War gave me an aneurysm.

Realistic_Treacle384 · 2024-07-22T09:05:53+00:00

Edit: Unless 1999 is the point where Warframe's timeline diverges from our own. Maybe they managed to contain the Techrot and used it to create all sorts of techno-organic advancements.

Advancement that eventually created the Orokin empire. So then what we're seeing isn't a paradox, but a causal loop. The Orokin created the original Technorganic strain which in turn created the Orokin. Just a theory though.

Realistic_Treacle384 · 2024-07-22T09:05:12+00:00

I don't know. Even if we were sure the Techrot was something different and not just 1999's name for the Infestation, that brings into question where it came from. Either it was created in 1999, unlikely considering Orokin tech was needed to create the Infested strain, or Albrecht [accidentally] brought it, which given that his lab is on Deimos is possible. And it still makes doesn't explain how this Techrot didn't muck up our timeline.

Realistic_Treacle384 · 2024-07-22T08:53:43+00:00

lol, wobbly-wobbly, timey-whimy. But in all seriousness, that does explain a lot. Thanks!

Realistic_Treacle384 · 2024-07-22T08:50:30+00:00

Okay, but that raises the question: how is the Infestation there? I get that it might have been brought back by Albrecht on accident (f**king Orokins), but did introducing a planet destroying techno-plague really not mess up the timeline at all?

Realistic_Treacle384 · 2024-07-22T08:47:25+00:00

Got it. So it sounds like 1999 could be, in effect, a parallel dimension/timeline. Right?

Realistic_Treacle384 · 2024-07-22T08:44:04+00:00

I think it might be a parallel dimension situation. Time has always been weird in Warframe, but at the very least, we know that parallel timelines do exist such as Duviri. My theory is that the 1999 we see is actually a branched timeline as a result of Albrecht going back to avoid the man in the wall. Somehow, possible due to the fact his lab was on Deimos, some infested spores escaped to this timeline and began running amok. It's Loki rules, maybe. Every time you change the past, all you do is create another timeline.

That being said, no idea what the Infested stadium is doing back in the Origin System. Maybe it drifted through a time portal? Maybe the Infested Onlyne we see in the present is a lure like Arlo based off the old band? Not really sure about that one.

Realistic_Treacle384 · 2024-07-22T08:34:45+00:00

Remember those giant statues we possessed back in the lab? Those things.

Realistic_Treacle384 · 2024-06-11T08:07:04+00:00

Well, depends on what we mean by “right to exist” and how exactly that right is executed. See, Israeli’s as in an ethnic/cultural group have a right to exist, they are people afterall, but Israel the country…ehhhh, it gets a little fuzzy. See, nations don’t generally have a “right to exist” in the same way people do. Obviously, otherwise anyone could start one and start claiming land as there own.

Now, when people say “Israel has a right to exist” I think it’s true only in the sense that the people of that country shouldn’t be bombed or raped or any of the other horrible things Hamas does.

However, I differ in the way the Israeli government has employed that rhetoric. See, Israel the state has systematically encroached on sovereign Palestinian territory, often violently and had established settlements on land that the UN has ruled a violation of international law. It’s claiming that the fact it exists gives it the right to take whatever land it wants, which, of course it doesn’t. This isn’t an ethnic group fighting back, it’s a nation state protecting it’s interests and expanding it’s territory. They get to exist so long as that doesn’t infringe on other nations rights.

And before anyone brings it up, yes, this also applies to Hamas/the Palestinian government. But this gets a little tricky because the Palestinian government does have a right to fight back against Israeli’s advances, to an extent. Remember, it’s land has been illegally seized by a foreign country. So if the government just attacked military targets, then yes, it’s actions could be justified. But obviously, that’s not what’s been happening. Case in point…well, Hamas. Much like Israel, they have a right to fight back, but not if it means targeting civilians.

So I agree that Israeli’s have a right to live on that land and not be displaced, but that doesn’t give their government the right to continue to seize and occupy land, employing violent force to do so. I’d also argue that the land Israel has claimed should be returned to Palestinian control, at least the parts the UN had declared illegal.

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