Atrioc
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showing the conditions that people are put into there.
It's absolutely absurd, right?
But the argument, when you listen to people who have lived in El Salvador or fled El Salvador from their perspective, is that now it's safe.
I was willing to tolerate this crackdown because the amount of violence was so bad
that they don't, like these people who were killing people, like these murderers in the streets, like need to be put away at whatever cost necessary because like life was untenable before.
So my last note I want to put on this is the thing that I think really ties into maybe some of the other parts we will talk about, which is it's not just about oil in the sense that we need more of this resource that goes into cars and plastics.
It's not just about that.
It's the idea of controlling your political sphere of influence and constraining the influence of Russia and China and putting pressure on them.
It's not just about having the oil, more oil, so we can make the companies happy and do more with it.
Because there's a bunch of places in the world that have oil.
So why is it Venezuela specifically that these actions are getting taken again?
One thing about that.
You guys always say I'm the chaotic one.
I'm riding motorbikes around.
I'm tossing lemons.
Okay, I get a little out of pocket sometimes.
Think about what Brandon does.