Surviving Capitalism (Not) : The US Aggression Against Venezuela as a Diagnostic Tool

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Thursday, January 31, 2019

The US Aggression Against Venezuela as a Diagnostic Tool

Click here to access article by "The Saker" (Andrei Raevsky) posted on The Unz Review.

I found this article to be an absolutely fascinating and brilliant analysis of the current situation in Venezuela. I think I am well informed on conditions in Venezuela, but much of my knowledge is old, whereas the author appears to have much more recent and solid information. Plus, he is an expert geopolitical analyst. I think his assessment is right on the mark! This is must reading for all interested in the subject of the direction of the US/Anglo/Zionist Empire.

Here is the solid "meat" of his analysis:

Think of what currently passes as a “policy” of the US in Venezuela as a diagnostic tool.

Not just to diagnose the moral degeneracy and mental pathology of the leaders of the AngloZionist Empire, but also to diagnose the very real state of despair and chaos of the Empire itself. Under Obama, for all his faults and weaknesses, the US succeeded in subverting a list of crucial Latin American countries (like Brazil or Argentina) but now, with Mr MAGA, it can’t even do that. The kind of antics we see from the Pompeo, Bolton & Abrams gang is amazing in its crudeness and, frankly, makes a supposed “indispensable nation” look absolutely ridiculous. These losers already had to fold several times, in spite of equally hyperbolic threats delivered with maximal gravitas (think DPRK here), and yet they still think that crude bullying methods can yield success. They can’t. Immense firepower is not a substitute for brains.

In its short and blood-soaked history, the US has pretty much always acted like some criminal enterprise run by brutal gangsters, but in the past some of these gangsters could be extremely well educated and intelligent (think James Baker here). Today, their guns are still lying around (albeit in various states of disrepair), but they are wielded by ignorant retards. Yes, ignorant retards with guns can be very dangerous, but they can never be effective!

(As a result of Raevsky's influence, I have now adopted, or rather modified, my designation for the Empire. Henceforth I will designate it as a "US/Anglo/Zionist Empire".)