What would Donald Trump have to do for the U.S. media to frame what he is doing in Venezuela as an act of war?
This isn’t a rhetorical question. It’s an actual inquiry, the pursuit of which can reveal a lot about how U.S. media’s default posture is state subservience and stenography. In the past few months, President Trump has committed several clear acts of war against Venezuela, including: murdering — in cold blood — scores of its citizens, hijacking its ships, stealing its resources, issuing a naval blockade, and attacking its ports.
Then in a stunning escalation on early Saturday morning, the administration invaded Venezuela’s sovereign territory, bombing several buildings, killing at least 40 more of its citizens, kidnapping Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife from their bed, and announcing they will, henceforth, “run” the country.
And yet none of these acts of brazen aggression, violence, and violations of international law have, in any sustained or meaningful way, been referred to as acts of war, a coup, or invasion in U.S. mainstream media reporting.
We no longer have a free press. Haven’t for awhile, actually, it’s just painfully obvious now.
It’s a reflection of the lack of working class power in the imperial core. In the past, the capitalist class felt it had to manufacture consent with a sense of democratic rule (it was as false then as it is now).
The lack of any class consciousness has allowed our ruling class to stop using resources to maintain the charade. Why not spend less effort and just declare that we are an Imperialist nation that seeks to exploit the world’s poor? Hell, it might even make stupid right wing reactionaries feel “strong”, as they struggle to pay rent, as long as they get a hard-on for our military.
This invasion is not different from the past Imperialist history of America. The only difference is how plainly they are admitting to it.
Except for all of those outlets who are calling it an act of war. The ones we’re all in here pretending don’t exist for some reason.
Do you believe it was an act of war?
No they think it was illegal but justified 😭
Every war except the current one, as always.
Well that and it’d be better if dems were doing it.
Of course thus is roughly their thinking so 100% would have no issues at all, even though don’t really have any, if it was a dem
it’s okay because he just took the dictator out and stupidly left the vp in place instead of putting in that Nobel peace prize winner
And for those doubting
https://lemmy.world/comment/21382769
it’s okay for congress to use as much force as possible if they think it’s for the good
A Dem would never do this, because DNC are actually good people.
Dems definitely would and most in power don’t even act like they would be good people
I love how centrists expect everyone to just agree with them that “the second worst genocide party” is “good.”
You’re the centrist for claiming both parties are bad. You literally claim that you can’t choose between mass death and exodus versus a withholding of arms, though I suspect in private you would choose the death and exodus for pallestine because it justifies your petty and shallow political identity.
Yes, it was an illegal act of war without Congressional approval.
See you in a few days when you’re defending their vote on this.
You don’t retroactively approve a strike, this will be an illegal Trump admin act of war no matter how much time passes.
See you in a few days.