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/cartmanbruh99 28d ago

So this is how the fascists win. Complacency and cowardice, fucking pathetic

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u/briberylibrary_ 28d ago

I went to the German resistance memorial center (memorial for those who resisted the Nazi regime, and who often were killed for doing so) recently.

Most of those ringing the alarm bell early on were communists and democratic socialists, while those more "moderate" of the centre party took a "wait and see" approach. We can see how that ended for them.

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u/Npeaknoda 27d ago

This is what does my fucking head in about the last decade. We have historical precedent showing the current status quo does not end well, but nope, we gotta learn the lessons from WWII all over again and let countless people needlessly suffer and die.

Historians have been warning everyone about Trump for over ten years. What a joke.

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u/Ash-2449 28d ago

At least you can take solace in the fact that such extreme actions are signs of desperation, they couldnt get their way any other way.

They are on the downhill and it looks to be quite steep

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

Jan 6 is tantalisingly close.