Bayfront Bennybut you have to do something about these parasites that are raping Venezuela

JossThe sanctions, as always with economic sanctions, only affect the common citizen. The ruling elites, whoever and wherever, will always have means to shelter themselves.
On the other hand, those who believe Western governments are well intentioned when they economically choke foreign countries need to have their heads examined.

Ferrum MasterHow does this stop using cracked software?

trog100they are only believing what their mainstream media tells them.. its a shame they are so easily fooled but its how its always been.. i don't see it changing

remixedcatdoubt if there's any legal copies there anyways.. they are eating their dogs and cats to survive, adobe is the least of their worries there

Bayfront BennyWell I'm not a Trump fan, but you have to do something about these parasites that are raping Venezuela. I don't know what impact this will have on them although Visa and MC certainly will have a greater impact. Then again their business is to rob the country and export that mindset to destabilize the rest of Latin America through their stolen petrodollars, which they have done successfully to other similar scumbag types of leaders and organizers.
Either way the ordinary Venezuelan will continue to bear the brunt from both sides.
This is political and I apologize for the OT content.

sepheronxI doubt this very much.

SteevoSo its Trumps fault that Venezuela chose Socialism which has never worked many years ago before he was president, and the capitalist pings at Visa and MC who operate in almost ever other country with rules in place are at fault too.

What you smoking man?

LionheartI no his opinion doesn't compute with mine, I'm going to use the generic "What are you smoking" insult loool. :roll:

SteevoNPCs gonna be mad. You ____________ (insert phobic insult here)!!!! Orange man bad...Orange man bad....Orange man bad

Kinestron

trog100i follow this geo political stuff quite closely but still cant quite figure why the US government fells the need wage economic war on Venezuela.. what exactly is the significance of the place or it leaders relative to the US..

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SteevoSo its Trumps fault that Venezuela chose Socialism which has never worked many years ago before he was president, and the capitalist pings at Visa and MC who operate in almost ever other country with rules in place are at fault too.

What you smoking man?

sepheronxWhat I gathered is it goes back to the time of Chavez. He brought socialism to Venezuela and was removing or doing what the US didn't want him to do - socialized the oil and gas industry in Venezuela which Exxon had a huge control on. Then he moved closer to Russia and China in terms of political and military development. As of recent of what John Bolton said "This is America's backyard" it quickly became clear what US intentions are in Venezuela. That, and they also did specify how much oil Venezuela has on more than one account (apparently the most known reserves in the world, above Saudi Arabia). And there are 2 major refineries in Texas that refine Venezuelan Oil into petrol and these 2 refineries are very large and very expensive because Venezuelan oil is really heavy, and so US ended up buying a ton of it in the past.

Its about controlling what is around you and having access to its resources.