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  1. Witteric of the West

    Who else dreads this year?

    We had some strong protests at various points the last year, but they usually fizzled out after a week or two (our left-wing radicals don't have such a ready network of rioters as BLM/Antifa in the US, or so it seems so far) so here's hoping for that to happen again... Although the fact that...
  2. Witteric of the West

    Who else dreads this year?

    Colombian here, a small update... Last week we've started to have another round of protests (a group of policemen murdered a man in what was supposedly an attempt at enforcing semi-quarantine rules but seems to have been a personal vendetta disguised as the former) and while the violence has...
  3. Witteric of the West

    Who else dreads this year?

    It really depends. Russia and China have some conflating interests (combat US influence in regions that were historically their spheres of influence)... However, Russian strategic interests have also historically involved containing China, and China seems to be seeking influence far beyond its...
  4. Witteric of the West

    Who else dreads this year?

    We don't have any 2nd amendment equivalent in colombia. Hell, we don't even have a legally recognized right to self-defense! My family will be hard to convince, but I'm waiting to see if... something happens once the pandemic comes to a halt. I won't reveal details, but there might be a way.
  5. Witteric of the West

    Who else dreads this year?

    They didn't need the firepower in Venezuela, at least until it came to a breaking point, and by then they had it. The thing in Colombia is that, with all the mess of our armed conflict, our civilian population disarmed en masse, and the likelyhood of our army trying to remove a duly elected...
  6. Witteric of the West

    Who else dreads this year?

    Writing from Colombia... I'm dreading 2022 tbh. Because I honestly see no way our vaguely right wing (actually centrist with soft market socialist economic policies sprinkled on top) government gets its act together before then... I'll admit I'm on the cynic side of the spectrum, but I don't...
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