Comments by "Ameni0" (@Layde36) on "Why Nicaragua cut ties with US and EU (sub español) - TRT World interviews Ben Norton" video.

@joecool3332 imagine being in a country which was technologically and sociologically deprived off from the rest of the world due to the west claiming their culture is flawed while preaching about how perfect western culture is and this country now is maintaining sovereign relationships with other countries compared to being completely reliant on the west like other nations are, even if Nicaragua has its faults and flaws which it's still trying to improve doesn't mean the west has any say on what nations should do and should not, especially when the west has no right to interfere in any foreign countries with how they look for their own benefit first like a businessman and then feed the scraps to the rest
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@mackone8035 well they are surely playing both sides with the time they have before eventually having to choose a side when the time comes
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@joecool3332 Nicaragua is now entering it's industrial phase and probably soon will be more careful and learn from the reckless mistakes made by European countries in the 1900s with their industrial revolution, so things will only start to get better but also dependant on how Nicaragua proceeds with it, the country is flawed with how they approach with the drug trade with neutrality or even supporting it, but if enough research was done on drugs and regulation of their supplies as to prevent Empires from being created by the corrupt many of the issues could slowly diminish with enough time and dedication, but it's to be seen with how the problems will surmount for the people as Nicaragua is essentially still taking support from foreign countries of which it could be vulnerable to corruption in these periods
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Well at this point we may never know what these yt channels are up to and what kind of agenda they have for their audience to follow, really the least we can do is support them and call them out if they get out of line or act against the interests of the common man
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There's really a civil war on the internet with ideologies like communism or capitalism and various other groups which instead of addressing the flaws and positives in their system which on a scientific standpoint is more logical they rather prefer calling each other names or demonise each other while portraying their culture as better, why not just pick the best aspects of each system and apply which aspects work for the common man better and which not, not every system has to be in a monotonous manner and it's fine if there are some changes which are done which suit the betterment of the average citizen and everyone around the world, but now here we are waging wars and calling names against each other in a pointless debacle while worrying about a nuclear escalation and potential annihilation of the human race and planet Earth
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@Meme Memeson Ben Nortons talkpoints are too repetitive with him constantly mentioning the past and not the current affairs that Nicaragua is facing, which is what exactly the West wants the populace to focus on, if you watch that full interview that person Manuel makes some good talking points about censorship and even if he aligns with western interests like many corporate lobbyists do he does make valid arguments as Nicaragua even if it carries out censorship against western hegemony still will be seen as a dictatorship regardless of intentions, censorship is still seen as a negative aspect and will have more people especially the youth being curious about the flaws that westerners keep claiming and will eventually believe it which is what the west wants, the west's disinformation campaigns work on human psychology and how people think on groups and individualistic ways and the west is perfectly targeting various aspects of the flaws that Nicaragua has been doing and trying to plunge the country into chaos in this manner of trying to agitate responses in a way to demonise the country, similar tactics is how the west did with Russia constantly provoking it's influence on Russian borders in Ukraine and Russia eventually snaps and the west got the exact response to demonise Russia once and for all, it's doing the same thing here nothing new and unless countries stop continuing to fall into these traps and see through the manipulation, the west will have better influence over the world especially with its populace who can't think about their flaws and aren't vocal enough to address any of the problems
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Well has to do with the fact that nations if they show proof of self sustainability will prove the current models of the west that they have been living on wrong and this will cause massive changes on the global market especially when countries will start looking for self sustainable living and will be more culturally entwined with each other unlike the west which forcibly overtakes other countries culture if the culture is controversial in some manner something that westerners don't have a proper understanding of and is inconvenient for their own way of life if they are to settle in that country, we have seen this many times before throughout history and now in modern times its becoming obvious with these facts, nations should preserve their culture but also allow other cultures to coexist alongside them, especially when the true problems of those cultures is something that the people following the culture should change or improvise instead of having foreign countries which have a monopoly to do it for them under the exchange of their culture being ruined like Iraq or Afghanistan which their original culture was tainted by the west
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Also the fact that the current model of the world order is based on imperialist ideals and corporatism which favor the powerful to gain more power in an attempt to satiate their own people, there are some powerful people who would want their generations to have all the luxuries that the world has without undergoing any form of hard work or effort that the ordinary person does and in that way spoil their own generations into the belief of invincibility, and the west does not want any other equal competitors around so explains why the approach, it's similar to a mafia not wanting other foreign forces to have control as doing so will lead to people questioning their system
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Well there are issues with Modern Nicaragua especially when they had started having a supportive stance on the drug trade which many have claimed to be legalised but the issue has to do with how there's not enough research done on drugs leading to people reckless using it or distributing it without the receiver having any pre knowledge towards things like these , the war on drugs had failed but regulation on those drugs isn't done in many countries and Nicaragua is taking compromising measures on the drug trade with those regions who dont accept it are in poverty compared to those which regulates it enough, there needs to be a better solution as to avoid any further damages done to the civilian population and the damages the west has done to the country isn't something that will be easily be fixed and will probably take decades for things to finally come to a better route for South American countries, there is hope that China will help out in theses measures but really it could end up as another leveraging tool by the oligarchs in China or Russia with corruption messing up any good progress that happens with the global South
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Well Ben Norton talking points were too repetitive with him continuously mentioning the coups carried by the US which westerners probably do not care about and the way that western propagandists work is by targeting convenient information selectively, they keep focusing on the current affairs of Nicaragua and how the President is carrying out censorship of other opposition parties on the state and to be fair it's working for those elites as people in modern times will focus on their current situation instead of the past, and what the President is doing even if for good intentions as to avoid western intervention among the masses will still be seen as a dictatorship trying to censor others even if those are evil, the point is the interview in the eyes of the average person will be seen as Nicaragua as a dictatorship which is censoring all controversial figures and the act itself is what the west is focusing and demonising the president for and trying to have the world against them, that person Manuel who was on the debate clearly never mentions any of the past history and focuses on the present which is a perfect way of manipulation for the masses who could care less about the past and focus on current affairs and the people watching the interview will rather not care about the west's wrongdoings and will focus on Nicaragua's issue with tackling western disinformation, the west's way of disinformation campaigns they carry on foreign soil is seen and they often will use manipulation tactics like these to try to make the opposition as evil as possible while trying to preach their culture, it's seen throughout history with how Europeans had convinced the indigenous people of better lifestyle that what they were getting from their tribes only for the colonizers to betray the populace who were helping them destroy each other, these are wartime tactics which are obviously manipulative and works well especially among the average public which has zero understanding of their country and are extremely individualistic which the west has created this culture around the world. Even if being selfish is positive sometimes doesn't mean abandoning your own kin which is what western culture is famous for, the way that Nicaragua is carrying out censorship is something that people will find relation with their own country and will now find a reason to demonise Nicaragua even if they can't see the fact how their western disinformation campaigns work, the interview on a pragmatic standpoint will not support Norton's viewpoints as they only focus on the past issues and not current ones which we aren't getting a full picture off, Nicaragua's approach towards this is surely getting them demonized by westerners and unless they allow opposition parties around like how the US does but have better control as to allow freedom of speech even if disinformation will at least put Nicaragua in a good light as they wouldn't be stooping down low as the US proxies and opposition parties do, hopefully they stop the censorship as people need to get all viewpoints for them to decide which one is right and why the west's ways are clearly dooming then, the point is people should get all viewpoints even if controversial and then decide what is the better way for Nicaragua to progress which doesn't involve war or chaos and economic prosperity and social development
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@ernestkhalimov1007 that's the issue with what those who support capitalism claim to be, people have that idea they don't want to be controlled and they surely want things which they have full ownership off maybe out of sense of this belief of control that they want, the point is people in the US already are disillusioned with their governments which they can't seem to understand is controlled by mega corporations especially when they can make larger decisions approved by a single person compared to multiple people who have to make that decision like how a actual government is supposed to be, China and Nicaragua follow the same doctrine as to censor other negative influences in their media but end up only causing problems like people who would want to try gain information from the uncensored news either out of curiosity as to why it was censored or maybe finding a flaw in their own country, China's current system is controversial regardless and people in the US argue whether things should be in control or not but with how the US itself tried to censor various of its doings in the past it is understandable why they will have a specific hatred for such a system, with a big system like China chaos is inevitable sadly as there are hundreds of not thousands of things happening at the same time and consideration of the fact that there are billions of people in poorer nations who would want to live the same lavish lifestyle as the US it will cause problems and differences in the nation itself
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@MB2.0 well really Turks will never mention how they supported arming Azerbaijani forces with cluster munitions which were declared illegal by the UN charter and Turkish drones to bomb Armenian settlements, countries like these never will accept their own flaws as to have a sense of superiority over others and claiming to have a higher moral ground which westerners constantly preach, the global South at least has admitted their flaws and how they approach massive issues which were created by westerners anyways, they at least will accept their flaws and the methods they undertake even if not accepted by the collective west is progressing the country to better ways that the brutal pasts they suffered from, Nicaragua only currently lacks money and infrastructure development which they will never take from the west as seen with their hegemonic ways, and probably will have better relations with China or Russia which they have been taking steps to have a scientific and technological approach on how the war on drugs can be tackled with instead of the militaristic approach that the west had forced upon the global South
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I mean the issues with these news media outlets is they never address flaws on both sides and will only berate others while proclaiming how better they are, they are making comparisons with North Korea which from decades have been suffering from US sanctions, i mean even if countries have a different ideology or approach is it ethical to shut off the country from rest of the world which also has flaws but they will never address it as to look better than others
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@mayabergsdottir9622 well really people can learn from mistakes i guess the sad reality is that a smaller fish has no chance against a bigger fish, you end up supporting corrupt people to fight off the corrupt system you are in and all I'm seeing in these recent conflicts is rich people fighting rich people while the civilians give away their lives instead of supporting each other together, I'm not even sure if this new world order will be different from the imperialistic order that the west had, but really only time will tell
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@mayabergsdottir9622 i mean really the wider picture is nothing but people who are powerful having no knowledge or understanding of how that power should be used for and we get people who are smart trying to survive on this world doing anything to earn a paycheck, I'll not be surprised if any of our role models we look for even this channel could turn against their ideals with time and those who are powerful will carry out their ways regardless of whether it benefits the people or not as a form of superiority or a game which they want to be at the top for, our current world and it's people aren't adapted to think for themselves and question or be sceptical towards anything even our way of life and this leads to cultural disparity which is what is happening between people and those who are competing for resources for which culture needs to be at the top
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@Meme Memeson really these people even if they do bring up a few reasonable arguments with how Nicaragua is taking this approach in things are so stuck up with berating the nation as if their countries themselves don't have the same issues overall, Nicaragua is in no way perfect but really overshadowing the progress that the country is going through with incidents that they keep highlighting which Nicaragua is still suffering from concocted by the US and the west itself just shows the hypocrisy that the west has and how foreigners living in the west just ride along with whatever their oligarchs say as to avoid ending up in poverty themselves, really these people will never mention how many of the drugs made in Nicaragua were shipped to the US anyways for multi-billionaires and predators like Hunter Biden to consume while preaching about how these countries are evil and created the drugs while being the sole manufacturers of it in the first place
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