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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by whatwhaaaaat on Saturday January 03, 2026 @01:57PM (#46480208)
Uh what? I’m all about American hegemony but let’s not stupid.

Mossadegh Arbenz Allende Goulart Lumunba And Maduro was elected as well though you can go on with it being corrupt if you want.

These are just the ones we directly overthrew who were elected. There are 20 more or so we’ve done so indirectly.

Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by seizethecheese on Saturday January 03, 2026 @02:09PM (#46480326)
You missed the part of my comment that said “since the Cold War”. All of your examples are during the Cold War, of course. (Other than Maduro, and I don’t think most people believe he was democratically elected.)
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by whatwhaaaaat on Saturday January 03, 2026 @05:54PM (#46482564)
Uh you had ww2 there first no?
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by seizethecheese on Sunday January 04, 2026 @01:53AM (#46485625)
Nope, you can confirm you misread
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by rixed on Sunday January 04, 2026 @12:47AM (#46485324)
Could it be because democratically elected governments are becoming a thing of the past?