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:
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Warren, Sanders, and Hitlery don’t give a damn about the proles.
They know this is the result. They just want the loot the “leaders” steal. All the jabber they spew is to that end. Nothing else matters to them. Not people, not country, certainly not the useful idiots that support them and this c**p.
Socialism doesn’t creep anywhere . It’s beaten down by a repressive government and rises again once the tyranny hits. Capitalism has stolen our voice, has stolen our democracy ,has even corrupted our way of life. It leads to companies being above the law and take no interest in the lives they ruin through pollution , layoffs and their quest for more profit. Why must the rest of us scrap by while the corporate overlords make billions? It was trade unions that made this country what it was in the 50’s and 60’s not a free market. The banks were regulated. Once the unions were crushed we get the inequality we have today ,add that to freeing the market you get the crash of 08
Of course the US might invade. My sister-in-law is from there and sent a note to the Department of Defense to start the invasion. Amazing b******t.
The country pissed offed other countries in regards to oil.
Then their GDP dropped .. but they refused to change spending and the corruption they has with taxes.
Then the people got hungry because of bad government spending.
Then the government took control of the food supply — and that was the last straw that held the country together.
Socialists always do this …. “we’re here for you…” then you’re shafted…
We need a constitutional republic no a socialist euro “democracy: and all that bs bernie wants. You bernie supporters are so naive u dont realize it is the global marxists that have hijacked our economy and gave capitalism a bad rap many years ago. Support bernie and you want to end up like Venezuela today!
Andy have you ever been to Cuba? Or any communist /socialist /marxist country? You are clueless!
This kid must have went to Berkley or some marxists school to come up with this bs!
Comparing Venezuela with the USA has no merit. I do agree with you, we need a constitutional republic and not a euro style democracy. Close the loopholes that let these scumbags extort our lives and f**e currency before it’s too late.