There are many extralegal ways to obtain money. I believe in you

Be the change you wish to see in the world

Gives me happy chemical idk

I am honestly just not exposed to these people at all

Completely agree that they would fight back I just think they are less equipped to do so. War with venezuela would be a guerilla war of attrition on Venezuelan soil but Russia and the DPRK could bring the war to us. Not very effectively but it is still a risk. I don’t think the US will invade Venezuela either but I find it likely that we will see bombings and maybe an attempt to arm Guyana (a lot less likely and I don’t know enough about Guyana to judge if they would actually do this but they have a close enough relationship with the US that I consider it possible) and use them as a proxy to take nearby territory with oil reserves. The current administration doesn’t have the political capital to use many US troops if any.

They have nukes and even without that their countries would fight back against occupation far more effectively than Venezuela can.

Hierarchy is useful for organisation of a military and siege economy when faced with an external threat. Whether it is “good” or “bad” depends on how it is used and why. Hierarchy in general is damaging to the relationships of persons who exist within it and generally lead to abuse of power. I would like to see hierarchy done away with but this is only possible when external threats to one’s life and economy are eliminated.

The Suez Canal crisis alone is firm evidence that the US is not loyal to the UK. The UK does not have the imperial power and influence the US has and it is not even close. Your power relation is reversed.

All states are authoritarian. The term is sort of meaningless. As far as I am concerned 0 countries currently have a full democracy for the working class. The state is a tool that the ruling class (that which owns the means of production) uses to exert its authority over the working classes. The state acts in the interests of the class which controls it and those interests often conflict with those of its subjects. There is nothing more authoritarian.

Oil and socialism(sorta). Venezuela has the largest proven oil deposits in the world and they nationalized their oil to provide for their people under a US blockade. They aren’t socialist they are more like social democracy but this cannot be allowed in the imperial periphery as it reduces extractative profits to the core. If they were to succeed in maintaining that system it might spread like we are seeing in Colombia. This threatens the imperialist system and limits economic growth for the core.

Ethically? Almost none. Unethically? scams.

My partner and I pet our cat in very different ways and I truly believe that were our cat blind, she would be able to tell immediately.

Anarcho-primitivism?

I try to keep personal details offline but I love oversharing so it can be difficult sometimes. Occasionally I will realize I said too much and delete a comment.

Yeah I agree but it simply cannot handle that volume. Lemmy servers are self hosted by hobbiest who simply don’t have the infrastructure for 1mil

The servers would crash

Love you name btw

Sure it can be a reaction but is that sort of growth indicative of inprisonment?

I honestly do not think so, I have seen people truly radically differ from how they were raised to be in very healthy ways