Posted on 08/02/2015 10:29:26 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Over the years, we have repeatedly poked fun at the transformation of Venezuela into a "socialist utopia" - an economy in a state of terminal collapse, where the destruction of the currency (one black market Bolivar is now worth 107 times less than the official currency's exchange rate) and the resulting hyperinflation is only matched be barren wasteland that local stores have transformed into now that conventional supply chains are irreparably broken.
Just this past Wednesday we showed a clip of what is currently taking place inside Venezuela supermarkets, noting that "the hyperinflationary collapse in Venezuela is reaching its terminal phase. With inflation soaring at least 65%, murder rates the 2nd highest in the world, and chronic food (and toilet paper shortages), the following disturbing clip shows what is rapidly becoming major social unrest in the Maduro's socialist paradise... and perhaps more importantly, Venezuela shows us what the end game for every fiat money system looks like (and perhaps Janet and her colleagues should remember that)."
Unfortunately, while mocking socialist paradises everywhere is a recurring theme especially once they have completely run out of other people's money to burn through, what always follows next is far less amusing - complete social collapse, with riots, civil war and deaths not far behind.
That is precisely what the video shown below has captured. In the clip, a demonstration against Venezuela's poor transportation services quickly turned violent. End result: one person dead from a gunshot wound, more than 80 arrested and four shops looted on the Manuel Piar Avenue in San Felix.
What is most distrubing is how comparable to an open war zone what was once a vibrant, rich and beautiful Latin American country has become.
This is just the beginning: with the ongoing collapse of the economy, the resultant acts of social violence will only deteriorate and claim more innocent lives, until the "socialist utopia" ends as it always does: with the arrival of a military coup or a full blown civil war.
The armed gangs on motorcycles work directly for Maduro as they did Chavez. Most of them were on the state oil company payroll although they did no work there.
Coming to America.
OMG! That is a very disturbing photo! This is where we are headed with the globalists. Note to self: buy more ammo
Bernie Sanders doesn’t visit ti fix it?
Click on the photo and it will take you to the YouTube video.
Baltimore seems to be headed down that slippery slope.
Just as in our urban areas, it appears all of the descendants of the European settlers have abandoned the area (as they are in much of Latin America, either migrating to the US or Europe) and the resulting chaos is caused by the descendants of the native inhabitants and the slaves. No shortage of fat asses in the video, though; some of them are still eating.
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They are always telling us how evil capitalism is and we should be socialist ...
We may need sanctuary cities in the future.
i always hear people say buy more ammo. never hear them say buy a vest.
We need them now to prevent the “Japanization” (de-population) of the US; they are hives for the trafficked “replacement Americans”. The problem is the legal wrangling to get American taxpayers to foot the bills...
Sean Penn, please pick up the white courtesy phone...
Note to self: Cancel walking tour of Venezuela to see the successes of socialism and stupidity.
And now they’ll have no beer to cry in.
The vests are very expensive, and could hinder mobility if you aren’t accustomed to moving in one.
Just prepare as though a zombie apocalypse is coming, and the zombies are more limber than those on “The Walking Dead”...
Ping!
Better that everyone starve equally than to tolerate different incomes, right? I’m not really sure why, though.
LOL!
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