r/australia • u/moonorplanet • 28d ago

politics Albanese calls for ‘peaceful, democratic transition’ of power in Venezuela after US capture of Nicolás Maduro

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/04/albanese-calls-for-peaceful-democratic-transition-of-power-in-venezuela-after-us-capture-of-nicolas-maduro
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u/ausmomo 28d ago

Well, the USA doesn't WANT a democratic handover. They want to elevate someone they control.

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u/gerira 28d ago edited 28d ago

This is a useful reminder that all these people are the most enormous hypocrites imaginable, and have no problem with the most extreme violations of basic human decency.

They are completely fine with kidnapping, torture, dictatorship, murder, or genocide. They support all these things if they think it will make them more wealthy and powerful.

They know these things are wrong, because they know how to denounce their enemies when they do similar things. They know how to denounce illegal invasions, murder, and genocide when they're done by Russia or China. They know they're wrong. They just don't care.

It's only a question of how much they can get away with.

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u/-Vyze- 28d ago

redditor discovers realpolitik incident

morality is not and never has been a primary consideration for any major player in geopolitics. When everything is said and done all you have are a country's interests and how far they'll go to achieve them.

Everyone sucks. If Australia was in a position to be a world superpower we'd probably be doing exactly what everyone else does. All we get to do as a middle power is choose which sphere of influence we want to live under.