I am shocked (shocked!), to find out that slavery is going on here!
Posted on 04/24/2017 7:33:51 PM PDT by TigerClaws
Amnesty International says a new decree in Venezuela that says the government can make any of its citizens farm the country's fields in order to combat its current, punishing food crisis "effectively amounts to forced labour."
"The decree, officially published earlier this week, establishes that people working in public and private companies can be called upon to join state-sponsored organizations specialized in the production of food," Amnesty International reported.
"They will be made to work in the new companies temporarily for a minimum of 60 days after which their 'contracts' will be automatically renewed for an extra 60-day period or they will be allowed to go back to their original jobs."
Venezuela's economy has been in a tailspin since 2014, a year after the death of the architect of the country's decade-plus-long socialist revolution, Hugo Chavez.
His successor, Nicolas Maduro, then took over only to face a swift and brutal decline, turning Venezuela into what economist Steve Hanke calls "the most miserable" country in the world. Aside from a food shortage, the country is also experiencing almost 300% inflation, frequent and violent mass protests, a massive public health crisis, and intense political repression.
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What time is Sean Penn’s flight? I’m sure he will pack work boots, gloves,etc and help in the fields.
I'm gonna buy him an entire case of red Solo party cups in case the boat springs a leak. Because I'm that kind of guy.
Remember Falcon and the Snowman? Guy was born a commie, like Robbins, Sarandon, the whole rotten lot. Then he let Charlize Theron weld all his 53 weapons into objet d’art.
Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce.
Special orders, don’t upset us.
Oh, yeah. The firearms were art before she got hold of them. Now, crap. There’s a huge metaphor there...
‘Modern’ North Korea.
Hope this works better than it did with Pol Pot in Cambodia back in the day
I visited Caracas a couple of years ago, the situation was grim. Alas much worse now. However, I would have to disagree with the assessment that this is the most wretched country in the world. That would be North Korea, with Syria and Afghanistan being a close 2nd and 3rd.
It worked great for Pol Pot
Atlas Shrugged?
Cambodia 1975 Redux.
How about, "De Camptown Ladies?"
I am shocked (shocked!), to find out that slavery is going on here!
The Bernie-bots want to bring socialism to the United States. I hope they are paying attention!
Yup. Tilling fields today, Killing Fields tomorrow.
Red China would do this as well; everyone (students included) had to help with the harvest because they were so low-tech crops would spoil (because they couldn’t be harvested in time).
I grew in a time in the USA where if one did not work they did not eat. What is the difference in Venezuela? I have worked in that country for a few years and for the most part too many of them are lazy. That is why socialism appealed to them they wanted a free ride from the Venezuelan government. Sound familiar just look at the cry baby liberals in the USA
I grew in a time in the USA where if one did not work they did not eat. What is the difference in Venezuela? I have worked in that country for a few years and for the most part too many of them are lazy. That is why socialism appealed to them they wanted a free ride from the Venezuelan government. Sound familiar just look at the cry baby liberals in the USA
I grew in a time in the USA where if one did not work they did not eat. What is the difference in Venezuela? I have worked in that country for a few years and for the most part too many of them are lazy. That is why socialism appealed to them they wanted a free ride from the Venezuelan government. Sound familiar just look at the cry baby liberals in the USA
ah yes, the condensed blessings of socialism...
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