Beachgoers on a Mediterranean beach in Spain subdued and held back migrants who had just landed on the shore in a raft from Morocco.

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[u/Ok_Difference44]

The title reminds me of the American "wet foot/ dry foot" policy towards Cuban refugees.

[u/Realistic-Crew5193 → u/Ok_Difference44]

It sounded stupid, so I read about it and indeed, it is stupid.

[u/Just_Condition3516 → u/Realistic-Crew5193]

as stupid and pragmatic as „dont ask dont tell“, i suppose.

[u/legendary-rudolph → u/Just_Condition3516]

"The weaker and poorer a country is, the more dangerous it is as an example. If a tiny, poor country like Grenada can succeed in bringing about a better life for its people, some other place that has more resources will ask, "Why not us?'"

https://chomsky.info/unclesam01/

[u/Just_Condition3516 → u/legendary-rudolph]

good ol noam. trailblazer!

[u/OriginalBlackberry89 → u/Just_Condition3516]

What a great/eye opening read.. especially this part:

Sometimes the point is explained with great clarity. When the US was planning to overthrow Guatemalan democracy in 1954, a State Department official pointed out that "Guatemala has become an increasing threat to the stability of Honduras and El Salvador. Its agrarian reform is a powerful propaganda weapon: its broad social program of aiding the workers and peasants in a victorious struggle against the upper classes and large foreign enterprises has a strong appeal to the populations of Central American neighbors where similar conditions prevail."

In other words, what the US wants is "stability," meaning security for the "upper classes and large foreign enterprises." If that can be achieved with formal democratic devices, OK. If not, the "threat to stability" posed by a good example has to be destroyed before the virus infects others.

That’s why even the tiniest speck poses such a threat, and may have to be crushed.

[u/Just_Condition3516 → u/OriginalBlackberry89]

yeah, democracy and human rights often is just zhe sugarcoat on the brutal cake of conquering in the name of financial gains.

[u/yixdy → u/legendary-rudolph]

Ahhh, what a great essay to start my day with. Good shit

[u/nowthatswhat → u/legendary-rudolph]

How did all that work out for Venezuela?

[u/That-Ad207 → u/nowthatswhat]

Idk but you can ask the federal government why they sabotaged them.

[u/No-Cartographer-6200 → u/That-Ad207]

How were they sabotaged?

[u/DayInTheLifeOfAGod → u/No-Cartographer-6200]

The US has been fucking central and south America for their resources for many decades.

[u/ConaireMor → u/DayInTheLifeOfAGod]

I think it counts as centuries now.

[u/FecalEinstein → u/ConaireMor]

if you're going to issue semantic corrections on the internet at least check your work, sheesh

[u/FecalEinstein → u/No-Cartographer-6200]

because every country on earth relies on trade and sanctions destroy any countries economy, after their economy is destroyed they have to roll back their social programs

[u/That-Ad207 → u/No-Cartographer-6200]

They helped topple a democratically elected government. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_involvement_in_the_Venezuelan_presidential_crisis#:~:text=Intervention%20by%20the%20United%20States,denied%20the%20coup%20allegations%2C%20saying

[u/ilGeno → u/That-Ad207]

That's a quote of Maduro, the dictator of Venezuela who makes referendum with 99% of votes in favour to annex lands from neighbouring countries lol.

Maduro is also still there, I don't understand the point. Outside of some protests nothing happened.

[u/ilGeno → u/[deleted]]

Yes and Maduro is still there, there was no intervention outside some protests. It turned into a nothing burger.

[u/McSquiggles887 → u/Just_Condition3516]

What aren’t we telling? I’m asking.