Of course they only have to look at America's largest cities to see what socialism and catering to perverts has created.
What is so disconcerting is that our young people are taught in school that socialism is glorious, and an ideal to be sought after. They are never taught the perils and the eventual outcome of such thinking. I certainly agree–the Democrat party, and to a large degree the Republicans have been complicit in fostering socialistic ideals . . . much to the peril of upcoming generations of Americans (and Canadians.)
“Fairness and equality” do seem to produce shortages, rationing, and the government blaming everyone but themselves even though they demanded or forcibly took the means of production and distribution.
Socialism's collapse...the same system the old idiot Sanders wants to impose on the USA. Hope somebody saves us from this Loon!
Their reply would be that they are more educated and can make socialism work since those in power in Venezuela don’t know how to run it.
Venezuela’s underclass has grown enough that they cannot reduce their welfare state (price-controlled, subsidized goods for the poor) without the underclass erupting in riots.
I fear there is no solution which does not involve bloodshed. And, no, allowing their underclass to migrate here would just delay the bloodshed, and have it happen in OUR cities.
We will soon have a “Somalia” in this hemisphere.
In a cemetery in New York State, Ayn Rand is trying to suppress a smile.
Lufthansa announced yesterday it is discontinuing its three flights per week to VZ.
“If all Democrats, and particularly Bernie and Hitlery could only use their brains and see what happens when socialism and those idiots who espouse this stupidity would only pay attention to the plight of Venezuela. “
It’s all about politicians wanting power. There is a strong group that believes in socialism and they are used by politicians as a means of hitching a ride on the corruption gravy train. If, instead of socialism, this group believed in Satanism, or some other equally crazy notion, these same politicians would be the strongest advocate for whatever type of crazy got votes. It’s about the Clinton-sized corruption once you get the job. It has nothing to do with creating utopian society or whatever the crazies say they want.
I wonder if there is any way to turn this around. The corruption seems to run so deep that even a Trump sort of candidate would have no chance there.
Can’t imagine why the military hasn’t demanded that Maduro step down.
Venezuela is falling faster than Sean Penn’s career.
What would a new “migrant” crisis do to the 2016 election?
Maduro is doing a fine job all by himself destabilizing the country without the help of the CIA...
The next step is to start shooting wreckers.
Print more money... Then burn it to generate electricity.
Lots of leftists look at Venezuela with glee.
They secretly love the drama, hardship and violence.
Change!! is often just a a euphemism for Destruction!!
They excel at destroying, but are terrible at building.
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6) Public health crisis: People are dying in hospitals, from electric blackouts, broken medical machines (X-ray, dialysis, scanning, incubators), and chronic shortages of medicine (antibiotics, intravenous solutions), bandages, soap, gloves, beds, water (doctors preparing for surgery at the University of the Andes Hospital in Mérida clean their hands with bottles of seltzer water), and even food. Whatever supplies there are are stolen by hospital staff to sell on the black market. The government can no longer afford to buy imported medicine. Patients are asked to bring their own blankets, sheets, pillows and toilet paper. The result: the rate of death among babies under a month old increased more than a hundredfold in public hospitals run by the Health Ministry, from 0.02% in 2012 to to over 2% in 2015; the rate of death among new mothers in those hospitals increased by almost five times in the same period.(Source)
PING!