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Comment by estearum

3 days ago

Andrew Yang: "Bringing Maduro to stand trial feels like a win for the region and the world."

Could be!

Could also be really bad.

Wonder where that trial would be considering US doesn't recognize ICC

  • > Wonder where that trial would be considering US doesn't recognize ICC

    It has nothing to do with ICC.

    Maduro will be tried in New York and then in Florida. Those are the two places where prosecutors charged him, according to CNN.

Law of unintended consequences weighs heavy…

  • There is no unintended consequence. Regime change was the explicit consequence of wars in the Middle East, it was the intended consequence. It went very badly.

    The intended consequence here is to demonstrate to an organized crime group that being part of the government does not mean they are safe. There is no other intention, it has worked.

No. It couldn't be. Not even a remote chance.

He used “I feel” language. He didn’t say it is or isn’t. Every small change, like a butterfly flapping its wings, can have profound negative effects in the future. Inaction too can have profound effects. It’s not a useful question imo other than to notice that radical changes are typically favored by progressives, while no change is favored by conservatives. Here we have an inversion of that, which to me is interesting.