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:
This is what happens when the government controls the media as well.
No system works for the people because they were set up to benefit the elite. You want an example of a successful community…read how the natives used to live
“Exactly” said the Cherokees
The US won’t! Bernie Sanders lost!
Bernie and his ilk talk about corporate greed. What about Government and leadership greed?
And the Democrats have put us on track for this in our future as well.
I dunno…. Cuba sure seems way better off then Puerto Rico….. would you rather have no money or owe millions….
I love how the article put CUBA right in there….. I’m sorry but I’d rather be Cuba at this moment then Puerto Rico….. if democracy is so great why is Puerto Rico MILLIONS in debt and Cuba about to make a come up?
The whole world is in debt…the question is to whom we are all in debt, and there lies the real evil in the world.
Hey there buddy…. if socialism/communism is so bad why is Cuba about to make a come up while Puerto Rico is about to collapse? Funny isn’t it Cuba weathered through all those years of c**p to be in a better situation then a country taken under the wings of democracy