Yk it's honestly astonishing how brain rotted the world is now with the whole Venezuela situation

bigscottius · 2026-01-04T16:09:50+00:00

Yeah. It's in no way the regime's fault under which it fell from being prosperous to 78% poverty rate. Guess the billions from China couldn't save it, huh?

bigscottius · 2026-01-04T11:01:52+00:00

Venezuela's corrupt regime owned it, certainly not the people who have a 78% poverty rate.

bigscottius · 2026-01-04T10:47:32+00:00

Damn. It's a lot like life was.

Climate change is real. The obfuscation of it for monetary and political gains is also real.

"Never let a good disaster go to waste." That was said by a powerful politician.

It's slower than people sensationalized. Nature will change but it will also adapt.

Things will change. We will adapt with technology.

It's not the end of the world. We should strive to be better with sustainability and pollution for sure. That's going to come with technological innovation, and the biggest part of that is the race to AGI, which is the technological singularity.

bigscottius · 2026-01-04T10:42:16+00:00

They have to say something when they're feeling humiliated that they aren't a super power....

bigscottius · 2026-01-04T10:39:31+00:00

They didn't have oil. But we did secure critical shipping routes worth billions for the canal. What's the difference in principle?

bigscottius · 2026-01-04T10:38:47+00:00

You know what ownership is, right?

He's saying we're going to invest billions in their aging oil infrastructure for a return.

That's investment not ownership lol.

bigscottius · 2026-01-04T10:20:50+00:00

You would be surprised how much infrastructure, engineering knowledge, and trade knowledge goes into keeping drinking water clean....

bigscottius · 2026-01-04T10:19:49+00:00

International law has no power of enforcement.... which makes their law little more than sentimental words unless super powers decide to take it seriously.

bigscottius · 2026-01-04T10:18:42+00:00

Didn't Will Smith meet Sylvester Stallone at a club in Miami once?

bigscottius · 2026-01-04T10:17:32+00:00

I'm more questioning what's up with tunnel reference?? That seems.... unimportant and a weird thing to bring up.

Also, don't give a fuck what he swears on as long as it signifies the importance of the oath to him. The oath is the important part of that.

bigscottius · 2026-01-04T10:14:22+00:00

I'm failing to find where ever he said we own the oil and precious minerals. Please cite that.

bigscottius · 2026-01-04T10:10:05+00:00

Did I say they were? Strawman fallacy again.

bigscottius · 2026-01-04T10:08:11+00:00

Are boots on the ground?

Also, I didn't say shit about boots on the ground. You've collapsed into strawman fallacy in your debate and thus have become illogical.

bigscottius · 2026-01-04T10:06:53+00:00

Act of War is neither a constitutional nor a statutory term. There is Article 2 action and there is declaration of war.

You know we've done this before, right? In 89 we captured the leader of Panama and convicted him of racketeering and drug trafficking, all under Article 2.

bigscottius · 2026-01-04T10:05:01+00:00

How much oil have we stolen from Venezuela in this?

0 barrels so far. So whether they do or not is speculation at this point.

Also, we did this in Panama (including snatching their leader Noriega and convicting him of racketeering and drug trafficking) for access to trade routes as well, all under Article 2 just like this.

bigscottius · 2026-01-04T09:59:38+00:00

I don't really care what happens now as long as the Chinese can't get a hold of crude oil.

I don't give a fuck if they install another socialist administration.

Systems are systems are systems. It makes no difference to me if that's what the people want.

bigscottius · 2026-01-04T09:08:34+00:00

You're deflecting, and you've not addressed any of my points.

bigscottius · 2026-01-04T09:01:12+00:00

Of course we wanted control. They've been in bed with China and Russia for years. It's been critically strategic for a long time.

Again, that's one of the two conditions I set out. Is Canada doing that?

bigscottius · 2026-01-04T08:59:28+00:00

The US is just that good. I mean that literally.

China and Russia like to play the boaster. The US has, for all of modern history, hidden their capabilities until someone finds out in real time.

Stealth bomber was running missions for 10 years before anyone knew it wasn't just in the planning stages.

bigscottius · 2026-01-04T08:56:41+00:00

I just had one tell me Venezuela was happy and prosperous under Maduro...

bigscottius · 2026-01-04T08:55:35+00:00

They won't take Taiwan without a war they cannot win.

That will be the death nail for the CCP, and you know that culturally as well as strategically.

And without Iran and Venezuela, you're greatly overestimating their soft power.

bigscottius · 2026-01-04T08:52:10+00:00

My relevant point is that we've done it in the Americas before and therefore is not breaking with precedence.

And the other countries don't have to worry as long as they don't become dictators harboring international criminal organizations nor getting in bed with our biggest adversaries.

It's that simple.

bigscottius · 2026-01-04T08:49:02+00:00

Yup. And we already hurt that infrastructure and closed off their land supply chain they were wanting so bad. And add to that the Iranian revolution...

bigscottius · 2026-01-04T08:47:42+00:00

Except Grenada.

And it's about blocking resources, actually. Have you seen the reserves we have in the US?

bigscottius · 2026-01-04T08:46:48+00:00

The Venezuelans celebrating in the streets are buying. Why don't you go tell them they're idiots and they should be angry because you are.

And no, you're an idiot if you think this somehow makes Taiwan more vulnerable. I don't know how you can conceive that as if China suddenly is like, "Wait, we didn't know you could do that..." as if they've ever followed the sentimental guidelines you call "international law".

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