Importantly other countries aren’t that mad about it either. I saw some posts about Trump making comments that seemed to suggest that mexico and canada could be targeted in the future for intervention related to drugs, so I went to canadian news sites to see what was up. The canadian government is basically like, “I’m not angry, I’m disappointed” and mostly because it goes against the norms of polite imperialism.

I won’t link to her twitter account, but here is the statement:

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The Hon. Anita Anand Minister of Foreign Affairs

Since 2019, when Canada closed its embassy in Venezuela, we have refused to recognize any legitimacy of the Maduro regime and opposed its repression of the Venezuelan people, including the persecution of dissenters and particularly political leaders opposed to the regime.

In keeping with our long-standing commitment to upholding the rule of law and democracy, Canada calls on all parties to respect international law and we stand by the people of Venezuela and their desire to live in a peaceful and democratic society.

Canada is engaging with its international partners and monitoring developments closely.

Canada stands ready to assist Canadians in need through our consular officials and embassy in Bogotá, Colombia.

So uh…when was this normal? And where?

Oh, just after WW2? When there were too many women folk in regular employment and folks needed a way to get them back in the homemaking more babies to fight future wars? Babies that could put in their “time” with the military for a promise of a middle class life? What’s a few years of doing the dirty work of the empire if it gets your that middle class dream?

Or did many women just go back into the informal labour market so they could do domestic labour for their own homes or others? Idk where you grew up I always saw women working - childcare, cleaning ladies, etc.

Where did this prosperity come from? Oh, from producing things other countries couldn’t? And once other countries could it kind of all broke down? Hey, those people who make your cheap goods want a better quality of life too…

Capitalism is evil, no doubt - but the post war boom american dream is propaganda, comrades. It makes the individual an accomplice to capitalism, for a few more crumbs than those who don’t fall in line.

Everyone I don’t like is a tankie

I don’t know if you read what I wrote but okay

We have lots of power, comrade - power to choose who we assemble and organize with. That’s how assholes in irl anarchist spaces are dealt with - choosing to not associate or work with someone who would do you or the community harm. (Don’t stretch this to mean I don’t work with people I don’t agree with 100% on everything, how and when you let people into your life can be appropriate for the situation - maybe I’ll show up to another groups event to help them with labour but won’t invite them to join in work I know they will just argue about for example).

The appeal to hierarchy is the joke here.