• Tikiporch@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    What makes him think Venezuela would even vote for him if they were a state? Not to mention you’re going to have a really hard time deporting all those illegal immigrants (brown people) once you make 32 million Venezuelans citizens.

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    6 hours ago

    On a positive note, making Venezuela a 51st state would mean DC and Puerto Rico would finally get a better shot.

    Simultaneously, it would tarnish the entire concept of statehood, introducing the specter of imperialism into it’s definition.

  • Nomecks@lemmy.ca
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    4 hours ago

    1 million barrels of thick sludge. Definitely just as easy to refine as middle eastern light crude.