the remaining differences are mostly about aesthetics and not about the use of violence to maintain hegemony

  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    IMO, the post-Chávez Venezuela has more in common with America’s modern right than many realize. The populism, demagoguery, authoritarianism, state media, and never ending campaign propaganda has always struck me as something right up Trump’s alley. But the cake is frosted with socialism instead of American conservatism.

    I’m kind of surprised Trump doesn’t have something like Aló Presidente. Although I guess he’s got that covered with some sort of weekly or bi-weekly whitehouse press conference, where like Chávez, he incoherently rambles like a clown for an ungodly period of time.