Socialism always starts as a “people’s movement,” with mindless and ignorant people being directed by elitist con men in the background, telling the foolish that by bringing down the “rich,” everyone will share in the abundance that socialism will bring. It is always a lie, and invariably almost all the people end up in poverty, with the exception of the top socialist leaders who live like kings. Fidel Castro is certainly one who has lived that life, and his protege, Hugo Chavez destroyed the Venezuelan economy pursuing the same socialist policies.
When the economy comes crashing down, it is necessary for the leadership to blame an outside source, and when Chavez was alive, he continually named the United States for all of the woes the country was suffering from. In fact, the oil rich country provides 9 percent of the U.S. gross oil imports, which must be a considerable sum of export income to the nation of 30 million people. As such, the U.S. provided a huge portion of the countries income, but Chavez resented that as well.
Venezuela has expropriated foreign and domestic businesses, which means that the people have little invested in the country and are becoming very unhappy with the leadership as it nosedives to complete economic ruin.
For more on the Venezuelan “people’s paradise,” see page 2:
Let’s learn from this,what do they have in common. Blame those who work hard and take it from them and give it to those who want to sit on their butts.
Yep, feel the Bern…….fools
We were a Social Democracy for many years, until politicians started selling us out.
I’ ll add all party politicians to that.
Venezuela listen up. Have you heard of our president? His name is Obama. He’s a big pansy no need to worry. He’s not invading anyone.
It had nothing to do with the ultra paranoid Chavez spending all the money buying weapons from Russia and attack Helicopters and building lavish homes and toys no it couldn’t be!!!
The one advantage we have – we ARE ARMED!!! And they know it and that is why they are hell bent on taking our guns. I guess they forget, we WILL start firing before we give up our guns and that will not bode well for them.
“Evita” all over again
They should be so lucky we let them be another welfare state.
You must be illegal.
Communism looks good on paper. Its the corruption that gets in the way.