Even Foreign Affairs has noticed:
Venezuelans are facing widespread shortages of food, medicine, and other basic supplies. Citizens wait in line for hours at supermarkets to buy staples such as rice; many have resorted to sifting through trash to find food. Military forces have been dispatched to oversee food production and distribution. Last year, a group of Venezuelan researchers estimated that, in contrast to relatively rosy official statistics, more than three-quarters of Venezuelans are living in poverty.And, of course, the leader doesn't think it is the socialism. It's the people around him!
You’re fired! Venezuela orders purge of state workers who oppose Maduro. https://t.co/r8EjTJIpwM— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 24, 2016
As you have said, this is a feature, not a bug of Socialism. A small, wealthy, crony class ruling over a large, docile populace kept at subsistence level. Much like many would like to see replicated here.
ReplyDeleteWell, Maduro isn't wearing one of the classic Communist military jacket-suits, but the Stalin-esque mustache is coming in nicely.
ReplyDeleteFeel the Bern
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