On 28th of april in 1965, the United States invaded the Dominican Republic with more than 22,000 troops in order to prevent a "communist dictatorship" from forming there.

The Dominican Republic had been fraught with political instability since the assassination of dictator Rafael Trujillo in 1961. Although Trujillo brutally suppressed the population, his anti-communism made him a natural ally of the U.S. govenrment. After his death, liberal reformer Juan Bosch became president, both was deposed in a coup after less than a year in power.

In the ensuing power struggle, the U.S. was committed to preventing "another Cuba" (i.e., a communist revolution) from taking place. On April 28th, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared that he had taken action to forestall the establishment of a "communist dictatorship" in the country, providing reporters with lists of suspected communists there as evidence. These lists, however, contained people who were not communists or were in fact deceased.

The military action was supported by the Organization of American States (OAS). Over the next few weeks, they established a conservative, non-military government, which held fraudulent elections in June 1966. 69% of American people approved of the decision to send in troops at the time.

According to Rory Fanning of Jacobin: "Upon taking power, U.S.-backed leader Joaquín Balaguer began funneling nearly all of Dominican Republic's minerals and sugar into the warehouses of US businesses. His three-decade rule was marked by corruption and fraud. Wages plummeted, unions were dismantled, inflation soared, and unemployment hovered around 30 percent."

-- LBJ’s Other War :amerikkka:

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    • MiraculousMM [he/him, any]
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      4 years ago

      It's meritocracy taken to it's absolute extreme. The "bad and unstable" countries are bad and unstable because well sweaty they just suck at being not-bad and not-unstable. A lifetime of unchallenged imperial core propaganda completely ruins peoples brains.

  • HarryLime [any]
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    4 years ago

    JUST GOT MY SECOND SHOT

    :party-parrot-science: :party-parrot-science: :party-parrot-science: :party-parrot-science: :party-parrot-science: :party-parrot-science: :party-parrot-science: :party-parrot-science: :party-parrot-science: :party-parrot-science: :party-parrot-science: :party-parrot-science:

  • MiraculousMM [he/him, any]
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    4 years ago

    So the best $0 deductible Obamacare plan offered to me at the moment is $150 a month, with pretty high GP/pharmacy copays, and a $1900/day copay for hospital stays. And no dental or vision included. And that's by fucking far the best one AND that's after the $200/month tax credit I'm eligible for.

    Not as egregiously terrible as most Amerikkan health insurance, but come the fuck on, if I have any medical emergency requiring an ER visit I'm still screwed. And libs hail the ACA as some massive revolutionary event that made everything perfect again.

      • MiraculousMM [he/him, any]
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        4 years ago

        Yes, $8500. Thank you, benevolent free-market forces, for ensuring I'm financially ruined in the event of a health emergency completely outside my control :ancap-good:

    • comi [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Indoor cat walking on grass is adorable :meow-cactus:

      • AlephNull [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        Sometimes I take her out on the leash and she gets all wide eyed as she finds just the right sunny spot to sit in

    • crime [she/her, any]
      ·
      4 years ago

      Someone redpill me on Linux

      Sounds like Windows is already doing it tbh

      It's a very sensical operating system, which makes it easy to troubleshoot when things go wrong

    • gvngndz [none/use name,comrade/them]
      ·
      4 years ago

      Whats with all the people shitting on Windows today? I'm loving it!

      Well you see, the great thing about Linux is that it is extremely easy to customize and gives the user a ton of choice, and a lot of modern distributions of linux are quite easy to dive right into and will hold your hand so you don't get overwhelmed.

      Fell free to dm me or make a post over at libre if you need any questions answered or need some guidance to learn where to start.

    • spectre [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      A simple way to look at it is that development of Windows is driven by their sales department, but development of Linux (and associated FOSS projects) is driven by computer nerds "doing what needs to be done". There are corporate sponsors of various projects, but they're at least demoted to the passenger seat rather than driving in most cases.

      If you're a tech person it's very enjoyable to perfectly customize things as a hobby, even working through issues as they come up. i3wm is something I miss a ton for example. If you're not a tech person, things should work out of the box, and it's not too difficult to find help on getting whatever you need up and running. What you won't have are complex Windows apps (Photoshop as one example) and a lot of games (unfortunately, although a surprising amount are supported)

  • Googaly [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/peru-presidential-front-runner-castillo-rushed-clinic-suspends-campaigning-2021-04-29/

    • crime [she/her, any]
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      4 years ago

      Surely if bernie can beat the heart attack gun, he can too :deeper-sadness:

    • Shitbird [any]
      ·
      4 years ago

      yeah that's straight up an assassination attempt

        • Shitbird [any]
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          4 years ago

          when in doubt it's probably amerikkka

          who needs a heart attack gun when polonium exists?

  • Shitbird [any]
    ·
    4 years ago

    my boss just called and asked me if im coming into work today and i said no. he asked if i was planning to tell him that and i also said no.

  • DirtbagVegan [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I have a job interview today! First time I've ever been able to apply when I didn't have a job and am not desperate to leave my current job. Pretty nice to have a chance to interview and not really be nervous because I don't really care that much if I get a call back.