Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen

Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by elktown on Saturday January 03, 2026 @11:00AM (#46478125)

These threads makes it depressingly obvious how "might makes right" is the main underlying principle in the end - albeit periodically latent. Suddenly proportionality disappears and it's one of the worst regimes out there, a narco-state. Obviously unlawful actions is reported as "legally questionable" etc. It doesn't even matter that the current US administration is an unusually vulgar example of erratic, dishonest, and self-serving leadership.

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by codingbot3000 on Saturday January 03, 2026 @11:18AM (#46478361)

Maduro making himself dictator was also a "might makes right" move tbh.

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by inglor_cz on Saturday January 03, 2026 @11:49AM (#46478757)

how "might makes right" is the main underlying principle in the end

This is not surprising, this is how society ultimately works, even internally, not just on international scale.

I live in a democracy. I could still name several laws of the land that I consider fundamentally unjust, but the might of the majority translated into political and physical power means that I have to obey them, right or wrong. It is better that this power is controlled democratically and not by a single autocrat or a single ruling party, but it is still fundamentally coercion.

Are there even any alternatives? Ultimately we cannot all agree on what is right for everyone.

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by elktown on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:04PM (#46478948)

My point was to highlight the double standards of this kind of after-the-fact reporting and discussions. I'm cynical enough to know that "might makes right" is a part of life to various degrees.

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