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:
I see people are still spouting the myth of The Democratic Socialists Utopias of Finland, Sweden and Iceland. These countries were very capitalistic, then took a 20-30 year diversion into socialism, realized it was a mistake and now are returning more and more to capitalism.
How am I wrong? We do live in a socialist republic. Is that different from Venezuela?
The democratic socialist/progressives/liberals will never learn.
Omg! Keep drinking the kool aid.. Maybe you ought to look up socialism and see that it always fails!! It’s wrong on so many levels!! Those of us who work hard yet stripped of our earnings to pay for everyone else is terrible. And control of food and resources seems great till it runs out! Then your fighting to live with no guns and no way to defend yourself..don’t be so dumb!
Andy Vargas , you have been brain washed if you think that Chavez & Castro wanted rid of big government . They were their government and have used it to control the people and the entire economic systems ( every bit of it) in their respective country’s to the point of destroying the economic systems in their countries . You really have no clue ! . And by they way$#%&!@*was the Head of The$#%&!@*Political party ( not propaganda it was called the$#%&!@*Party ) . Try reading a book or two instead of spewing liberal , Marxist nonsense ! Remember this Better the world think you a fool then for you to open your mouth and remove all doubt!!!! You sir are a fool !
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I said the “German people” didn’t refer themselves as Nazis, Retard! Apparently in your small brain and narrow thinking the 193 countries that make up the UN have nothing to do with the poor performance of these 2 countries economy’s? Failed regime change in Cuba ( Bay of pigs) look how that worked out for Libya Iraq Afghanistan and now Syria. All to protect the petrol dollar backed by nothing. Sorry if fidel and Chavez didn’t want the Zionist coming in and building Casino, resorts, fast food, GMO crops, breaking up family’s dynamics and oppressing their pride and heritage. Evan get off the system look for yourself.
They put all their eggs in in one basket. Oil prices go up. Sometimes they go down. Sometimes they stay down. It doesn’t matter if it’s socialism like Venezuela or corporate socialism like the U.S. You have to have a participatory economy that Venezuela lacks, and the U.S. is abandoning.
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Answer my question. But you can’t, because you’re hung up on the word socialism.