“Democracy is on the ballot! Trump will ban voting!”

You don’t understand, they’re blue cages now which makes them better than those red cages.

I needed some good news.

Here are a couple of Tele-sur articles on this issue:

Guayana Esequiba: Geo-Economics of an Occupation https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Guayana-Esequiba-Geo-Economics-of-an-Occupation-20231203-0005.html

President Maduro: Venezuela Starts a Powerful Historical Stage https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/President-Maduro-Venezuela-Starts-a-Powerful-Historical-Stage-20231204-0006.html

Venezuelan Authority Presents Essequibo Referendum Results https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuelan-Authority-Presents-Essequibo-Referendum-Results-20231204-0009.html

That’s exactly why, they discovered that blatant fascism generates resistance. So they go for obscurant fascism, plausibly deniable fascism. As long as they can keep enough people thinking “it’s not that bad yet” they get to keep playing.

That’s the cost of “Freedom and Democracy”

It shouldn’t be surprising that a couple days after this they made this post.