To be fair, they probably are holding their military hardware orders hostage over stuff like this. And they don’t really have any other options on who to buy from.

[–] mindlight@lemm.ee 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Still spineless

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean the people who are running Venezuela nowadays are not good people. They lost an election last month and straight up just pretended they won.

[–] YourPrivatHater@ani.social 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sounds like trump

[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah. It's a template for fascism. Just like trump is attempting.

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Venezuela should not be concerning itself with military hardware given the state of their economy. Their government should be busy finding a quiet corner to die in so people with some competence can lead.

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

They could buy from China