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:
Looks like the redcoats changed uniforms…
Why would we want that broke add nation. We have our own oil and don’t have to baby sit millions of socialist morons . The lame we always want oil hippy whine is cute, but we don’t want entire broke nations to support when we buy it for less
That picture is a good representation of what Socialism looks like. The Venezuelan population is running away from Socialism while the majority of Americans are running towards it.
Lack of personal guns and states with poor leadership.
Kinda like the under 30 crowd?
I believe they are pushing for things that will help the lower half but paid for by the middle while the upper isn’t affected either way.
This is exactly what Hillary voters can look forward too if Hillary is elected! Same goes if Sanders were to sneak in. It is nuts to think socialism works if you have read even one history book!
So I guess you are a globalist?? Just as stupid an idea as socialism or being a liberal!
This is what Matt Damon, Hillary, Obama and most of congress want.
This from Mikkel Clair Nissen, I am a schoolteacher from Denmark, making about $61,000 a year. We get free education. You don’t have to pay for the doctor, the hospital, and students even get paid to study. It all sounds so great right? However, I forgot to mention that nothing is ever free. The lowest personal income tax in Denmark is minimum 40%. Also, we pay a sales tax of 25%, and on top of sales tax the government applies further (generally hidden) duties and fees, applied to almost everything, making it really hard for lower class people to get by, causing them to be deeply dependent on government and outs. A gallon of gas is about $10. Tax on the car is 180%, which brings a car valued a bit over $20,000 in the United States up to an astounding $50,000 in Denmark. It is also the highest taxed nation in the world, taxed an average of 80% of every earned dollar. Caused by excessive taxation. Danes also have the highest private deck in the world. Only few will ever own a car or house here, Banks generally do- hypocritically, the very same bankers that the collectivists despise. anyone who makes over $80,000 annually pays a personal tax of 68%. This means that almost all people with higher earnings have either found ways to EVA taxes, or have left the country, often bringing their companies with them, making employment scarcely low. Denmark’s suicide rate has averaged 20.8 per 100,000 during the last five decades, with its highest level of 32. The American suicide rate average only 11.1 during the last five decades, and has never exceeded 12.7. Danes are deeply deprived, driven by severe narcissism, and so more than 11% of adult Danes -supposed happiest people in the world- are on antidepressants. Well, of course Danes are happy, they are medicated to be! Everyone wants the American dream. In Denmark’s Neo-communism, no one will ever own or accomplish anything.