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.
Buy a vest if you’ve got the money. I’m lucky to be able to afford the ammo if we skip a meal here and there.
When people are hungry it doesn’t matter what color they are. That might be the one and only thing that will cause those of us in the burbs to ....well you know...
Quick! More socialism! Thanks E. Pluribus Unum.
Already here. The feral youths just need to be organized.
Just like most socialist utopia Democrat run U.S inner cities.
It isn’t unrelated to race/color; yesterday was the first of the month, and the supermarkets & Wal-Mart in my town were filled with the same ethnic groups (from Newark & Jersey City) flocking to spend my money on their food (their own areas are “food deserts” - because they make it impossible to operate businesses in them).
There is a cultural vacuum that can’t be ignored; while as someone of Irish descent I’m no fan of England, I can appreciate the WASP order they brought to both Ireland & the US. What we are seeing is the result of that order being overthrown...
After Venezuela established a Deputy Ministry of Supreme Social Happiness I thought that everything would be just fine. I thought all the U.S. celebrities would flock to Venezuela to enjoy the benefits of vulture socialism and avoid the racism, sexism and homophobia. Unfortunately the running dogs of the capitalist roaders hogged all the toilet paper. These riots are perfectly understandable.
Wonder if the elite liberal press will ask Bernie about this situation.... my guess is, ‘Ain’t never gonna happen’...
Even Chris Matthews won’t touch this one...
And freeze dried food?
It’s someone elses’ fault. NEVER the socialist in charge.
Craigslist.
Preppers’ PING!!
Zerohedge just added vid of people trying to get milk powder in the socialist paradise
direct link to vid:
https://youtu.be/eH_8AwIBnuo
Link to Zero hedge article:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-02/dramatic-footage-how-venezuelans-get-milk-powder
Bulletproofme.com
That’s where I got ours. Nice folks to do business with.
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Yes, but they took care of that income inequality problem...
Exactly!
Sean Penn is an Assh0le of the highest order.
We should collect him and that talentless POS Danny glover and deposited them there indefinitely.
Now that is some scary stuff.
Capitol Wasteland Ping.
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