[ExI] My prediction

[Adrian Tymes]

On Sat, Jan 3, 2026, 5:49 AM John Clark via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> *By the way, I woke up this morning and learned that we are now at war
> with Venezuela. Venezuela?! That will probably cause He Who Must Not Be
> Named popularity to jump upward, but it will be temporary, by January 1,
> 2027 it will either be ancient history or we will become mired in yet
> another pointless guerrilla war, **so I'm sticking with my prediction.*
>

Apparently it's all over already.  The Venezuelan president has been
extracted...and the rest of the administration was left in place.

What happens when you replace a strongman with a strongman?  The new one
may rattle sabers and speak stern words, but doesn't make any serious moves
to get the old one back.

There's a good chance that most people won't care come February, let alone
next January.

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