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:
https://www.facebook.com/matthew.mccabe.7/posts/1146219432067438.
I’m not anti capitalism but the system we use today is not true capitalism its monstrous.
The Philippines economy has collapsed. They’re not acting like animals. War is a choice, not an inevitability
Wake up America because I’m telling you, we do not want what the left is trying to do to this country !!!
Blame someone else? Like how trump blamed Mexicans or nah?
When in doubt lie to your county. Taking a play out of Obama’s playbook.
Venezuela had a budget that relied on at least $90 per bbl oil prices. This wasn’t a out not saving for a rainy day and screwing themselves this is about the value of their chief export dropping by more than 300% in 2 years.
Gary Whelan this is what I was talking about
The D from GDR and the 2nd S from USSR ( East Germany and Russia to millennial potheads) = Democratic Socialism.
Or to let REPUBLICANS take control of all branches of government and then impose their religious believes on all, such as outlaw abortions, ” faith protection laws” which would permit anyone to discriminate against LGBT people, deny press access to events( as Trump IS IN FACT doing), sensor the news , all of which the FASCIST Republicans champion. WE ARE closer to that than you think, all in the name of making AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. FUNNY! $#%&!@*used same slogan in the 30’s to make Germany GREAT AGAIN.
Was never a people’s movement, but orchestrated by elitist and aided by a propagandist media to guide weak minded people into the nanny state. The goal: to substitute the wealthy private citizen for the wealthy politician.