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:
Andrew R. GonzalezAndrew german democratic republic. It doesn’t mention democratic socialism. And the russians are nothing near socialism unless this democratic socialism is really communism. Info for a my generation moron-thats you.
They’re not doing it right. I mean Obama and company could go down there and in 2-3 months things will be great!
Poor Casey Bean. Blah blah blah I want this for free blah blah blah the 1% blah blah I’ll educate you blah blah I want to be CEO with minimum wage skills blah blah blah.
Nope. Central control of the means of production, distribution and exchange of goods and services. The definition of socialism. How exactly does that apply to firemen, police, highways and the rest of your delusions of socialism?
It’s all just so cool till someone throws some facts in your face.
Common defense and common good- not the same thing. Think I wouldn’t pick up on your BS? Try again.
By bullet or by ballot. I got no problem with either. One way or another, it’s changing back to a constitutional republic. Mark my words.
IQ, not everyone’s strong point. Thanks asshat. I’ll take NOTHING the Democrats are offering.
Absolutely we could.
You should be first for a camp.