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:
Adrian Daniel Chavez. Just because I love you Bro!!!
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/05/25/does-venezuelas-crisis-prove-socialism-doesnt-work/
Nothing but love Paul Joya
Yeah and let me take a wild guess , I bet the citizens of this country has no access to guns of any kind
Lucille DeCarlo Ross Even your dumbass can’t believe she literally MURDERED anyone. I hope.
People are so afraid of the words socialism and communism that they don’t see the true problems with our government. It’s not the fifties anymore y’all. We have the internet now, and basically the entirety of human info at our fingertips. Know the truth rather than listen to propaganda. Learn for yourself.
Saying socialism is bad because the regime in charge was bad. Is the same as saying capitalism is bad because of the same reason. Our country is proving capitalism is no better. Any system abused by the people in power will be a bad system. You people have just been fooled into thinking the system is the problem when in reality it’s the people in charge who are the problem.
Always thought the Vennies needed a dose of democracy
We have no reason to invade Venezuela. They are no threat to anyone and have nothing we want.
“All animals are equal…but pigs are more equal than other animals”.
from George Orwell’s “Animal Farm”.
Social programs in America kept millions of Americans from dying broke and cold on the street since the early 1900s. Was it socialism that broke our nation in ’08-09? Total control is what we have now. Our government officials are bought and we are fed lies to keep the machine going. Capitalism is doing the same to America what you blame socialism for in other countries.