Following the predictable pattern.
So I have to ask, why are people who insist on following the failed policies of the past called “Progressive”? And why do so many of us allow them to pervert that word?
I keep saying this over and over. Progressives/Liberals are not very bright and are weak-spirited.
I’m not trying to be unkind in saying this, but they are broadly least among us able to take care of themselves and make good personal decisions, therefore, they like, want, and seek out a strong government to help them order their lives, and somehow they are deceived into thinking that everyone is like them and needs this coerced government intrusion.
They view bigger government as a matter of charity helping them and others they know who cannot do life by themselves. They need government. For the rest of us )generally Conservatives), we abide in faith in God and self-sufficiency. We therefore want government as far away from us as humanly possible!
This is the difference and why “Progressives” constantly yearn for government to take care of them.
It’s fraud, FRAUD. When Chavez was first elected he promised the poor money, and cushy contracts for wealthier supporters.
Everyone thought they were going to get something. Chavez, like Obama had unusually large amounts of campaign cash and in didn’t come from Venezuela. It came from places like Iran. In politics, money is what makes things happen. It buys image, sells a story, and markets the man. The local and international media supported Chavez. They didn’t call him a socialist.mthey called him a populist.
Opposition candidate was weak. It was either planned, or bribed, and media managed to make opposition look worse.
Chavez won, he immediately putmhis people in plave everywhere, started tweaking the constitution according to his whims and needs, intimidated media that criticized illegalities either directly or had his “supporters” threaten anyone who voiced complaints.
The voting machines changed, the school curriculum changed, the military and police were thoroughly corrupted and an essential part of a drug trade that turned Venezuela into the biggest distributoe in the world.
Chavez implemented complete gun controls for civilians while Venezuela turned into the homicide capital of the world. Cubans started coming in in droves.
Inflation came in, the price regulations caused shortages, many professionals left the country, Chavez put limits on bank withdrawals, crime was through the roof. They put government informants in schools, neighborhoods, and businesses. You never know if the person your talking to is an informant. People who complained usually ended up victims of crime.
Chavez kept on getting elected, even though his supporters were likely 1 in 15 people. He had thousand of paid supporters online 24/7 to blog, troll, and basically praise everything Chavez did. Most Venezuelans knew that a lot of the supporters were Cubans pretending to be Venezuelans because of the dialect used. The media repeated the farce of Chavez being a popular democratically elected president.
Then came Maduro. There was a small percentage of people who believed Chavez to be a diety, that love didn’t translate to Maduro. Everyone knew there was no way he was “elected”.
Those unarmed fed up civilians are now facing tanks, machine guns, and union thugs in red shirts who act with impunity.
Often, I tie their use of the word to compare them to a cancer. It's like turning an opponent’s arm to twist their own knife into their own belly.