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:
Susan didnt history prove that socialist qualities transformed America for the better from after WW2 til the 80’s? in what ways was venezuela socialist and how did it lead to their collapse? you wanna call people stupid but can you even explain the stupid$#%&!@*you say? Anyone look at Venezeulas exports and notice their countrys once source of income is almost none existant? This is what happens when a country is not independent enough to feed itself, as with America we will starve, and the worst of us will come out, along with martial law. its all too complicated to blame socialism alone.
Brandon those golden years were thanks to FDR and socialism, Capitalism brought us where we are today, where the top richest americans have the same as half the US population. And JF if your anti socialist there is some things you will lose, like schools, police, military, medicare for grandma, unemployment, SS for retirement. and the one thing we all hate, welfare. but its needed because if America doesnt spend, we will fail. we evaded plans to set up a self sufficient, independent future now we will all pay the price.
isnt it strange how armies do horrible things knowing its wrong, only reason being they were just following orders. its not the system, its people running it.
But its just so happens to happen when every single socialist nation finally crumbles.
Larry E Butterfield Have you ever noticed that the more “group” rights socialists push the fewer rights individuals have?
Wut a mess
The problem with conservatives, as always, is that they themselves don’t even understand what they are talking about.
Gee Blake, you’ve always lived in a socialist country. Even the internet you are using was created through socialism.
Venezuela? Why would we invade that third world shithole, we already have Detroit
With this administration? Please.