Yeah, but did you considered that democracy was never a goal? Republican party is in full swing to destroy American democracy, why would they seek to create one in Venezuela?

Bribes and oil were the goal. Consolidation of allied dictator was goal. That worked.

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breppp 10 hours ago | parent [-]

That's not a bad policy, considering America's disastrous history of spreading democracy and then finding out those voters want different shades of fascism

	▲	lern_too_spel 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		America has a disastrous history of propping up dictators who are overthrown and replaced by governments who can then justify anti-Americanism as a populist political strategy.