>>be justified in using the same rationale
What’s the point of having borders if pirates can cross them at will, rape and pillage the indigenous peoples and resources, all under the flag of incorporated “Investment”?
I honestly hadn’t given it much thought - but maybe the folks down in Venezuela’s thinking was much like that of the American Founders - who saw the exploitation of themselves and their resources as Taxation without Representation.
What representation were the citizens of Venezuela given in exchange for the removal of their natural wealth?
Were they at least given a stipend like the folks in Alaska receive? Or were they just treated as a disposable nuisance?
Honestly? Honestly? WTF? Comparing the Founders to Chavez and his Marxist thieves is beyond the pale. I'm sure you'd be more at home some place like DU.