US 'Democracy' Polls Opinion on Its Own Coups
According to CBS, Americans are divided on U.S. 'actions' in Venezuela, with 'most' not wanting the U.S. to 'control' the nation. What CBS gracefully omits is that the U.S. government, under multiple administrations, has openly conducted regime-change operations, including explicitly backing Juan Guaidó as 'interim president' in a failed coup attempt in 2019. It wasn't about 'actions' or
'control'; it was about undermining a sovereign government and seizing oil. This poll frames the U.S. as a neutral actor merely pondering 'actions,' rather than a serial intervener with a century-long track record in Latin America. They ask if Americans are 'divided' as if the U.S. hasn't spent years sanctioning, destabilizing, and attempting to install its preferred leader. It's not a division of
opinion on policy; it's a division on how much the public knows about America's covert—and often overt—interventions. How many times will networks sanitize 'destabilization' as thoughtful 'actions'?