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Benderlast Sunday at 11:05 AM2 repliesview on HN

They are crying tears of joy.

That pretty much sums it up. I think Zack covered it well too. [1] I do not understand what benefit there was to a dictator remaining in place and why so many on HN support him. Over a third of Venezuelans fled that country and lost everything to escape tyranny.

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_x9aWccFCE [video][52m][language]


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Rover222last Sunday at 11:29 AM

Exactly. As if leaving Maduro in power is somehow better for Venezuelans than an external intervention. Things could not be worse than they have been.

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15155last Sunday at 6:05 PM

> why so many on HN support him

Because "anything orange man does is bad, no matter what."

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