We Talk
FridaySaturday(WTF)
Note: This is a Saturday edition
This is a semi-regular series that I will run on Fridays to hold discussions on a current topic from the week gone. The aim is to keep them light and conversational, though some might be heavier - regardless of the content topic itself though, just have some fun engaging and discussing with whoever happens to put in the effort in the comments section below.
It snowed about a foot of snow overnight here, so I had to go out and do the snow work. Normally when it snows so much it is pretty hard to push it around, but as it is also quite cold, the snow that fell is like white powder.
So Finland has to watch out, Trump might start bombing.
For this Saturday edition of "We Talk Friday" I thought I would ask what the hell is going on in Caracas. Since about half the users on Hive seem to be Venezuelan, maybe they have some valuable insight, because the news media is pretty bloody pathetic at giving anything reliable. Granted, I haven't dived very deeply into any of it.
However, apparently the US bombed Caracas, captured Maduro and his wife, and extradited him covertly to the US to prosecute him for crimes, and to get Venezuela to return "stolen oil" - which as I have read from a few places, was never stolen at all. But, one thing we know about Trump is, the law doesn't really matter to him or his government, whether it be US law, or international law.
Some see that as a good thing.
So, since this is an unsanctioned war and essentially a covert (terrorist) operation, I guess if the response from Venezuela was to put a plane into the Empire State building in a few years from now as retaliation, the people of the US will be okay with that too.
Anyone have any opinions on that?
Also from what I understand, is that the stolen oil was never stolen because it was a decades long legal and political process to take the oil industry back under control of Venezuela, after a leader in the past had given 98% of it away to three US companies. And, the US was happier to have that happen at the time than lose access to cheap oil.
Not that Venezuela has managed itself well since.
Norway is a good example of a country with oil that has managed itself well, which is why their oil fund owns about 3% of all stocks globally. Not only that, the people there are happy, have a high quality of life, drive around in electric cars, and enjoy the cheapest electricity in Europe, which comes from 98% renewable resources - mostly hydro.
Cultural differences?
We are products of our environment, which means that we are also influenced by the political landscape of where we live. The effects of the experience can be different on each of us, but affected we all are. So what happens on average to people who grow up in a political climate like Norway, that of Venezuela, or in the US? It must have an effect on culture, and that must have an affect on what kinds of things people see as acceptable to do as individuals, or as a country.
So, what do you think is going on?
Taraz
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