Thread by @CaracasChron

1/Thing is, Venezuelans have a hyper-developed ear for communist propaganda. We've been on the receiving end to this stuff for *decades*.

So when a first world leftie like @IlhanMN or @BootsRiley starts parroting state media, we notice *immediately.*

2/You might think you're putting out a bold and fearless new radical analysis by railing against a "U.S.-backed coup" designed to install a "far-right U.S. puppet" in Venezuela.

But Venezuelans are bombarded with this shit 24/7 on state radio, state TV, state websites...

3/We recognize this kind of Marxplaining instantaneously for what it is, because we have loooooong experience on the receiving end.

Sometimes, they'll jam this stuff down our throats in "cadenas", which are mandatory broadcasts that ALL radio and TV stations MUST carry live.

4/You turn on the radio and flipping to a different station is useless, because what you think is "bold, fearless and fresh analysis about a U.S.-backed coup designed to install a far-right U.S. puppet" in Venezuela is coming at you LITERALLY on every station.

Same thing on TV.

5/Even here on Twitter, the regime has bot-armies that crank out the same kind of drivel at us day in and day out.

It's bad enough Twitter's recently started blocking bot-accounts that are just plainly nothing other than regime propaganda.

6/It's relentless. Maduro regime propaganda is designed to saturate Venezuelans' consciousness. They spend millions to make sure that it's inescapable.

The hilarious thing is that the useful fools they've lined up abroad actually feel BRAVE for parroting it!

7/Which is why it's important to understand:

WHEN YOU REPEAT MADURO REGIME PROPAGANDA YOU ARE SUPPORTING THE MADURO REGIME.

Please grasp this.

8/When you repeat Maduro Regime Propaganda you're aiding and abetting one of the regime's key survival strategies.

That's true whether that was your intention or not.

It's true whether you realize it, or not.

9/All of which is just to say, when in doubt, it's best you #AskAVenezuelan