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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLast night I heard an NBC FLorida news reporter say the 'communist country
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Venezuela'? Where do these morons come up with this bullshit. There is nothing communist about Venezuela - she is socialist and there is a significant difference. Spare us the lies NBC Miami.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Octafish
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The sight or sound of a commie gets the hatred flowing like nothing else for those raised on Ayn Rand, worshippers of private property above all else in the world.
Which explains why can't the USA have a military coup d'etat like Venezuela, where the generals side with the people instead of the plutocrats?
mainer
(12,039 posts)China's more capitalist every day. North Korea is a dictatorship.
fadedrose
(10,044 posts)with Hugo sharing the country's oil money with the people. He's offered a few times to give free oil to the poor of this country for heating. That makes him a communist?
I don't know much abut Venezuela, but do people own businesses, homes, cars, have health care, schools, etc.?
malaise
(269,498 posts)That's why calling Venezuela communist is bullshit
spanone
(136,008 posts)Demonaut
(8,943 posts)or both?
It was NBC Florida
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)The most trusted name(s) in news.
Hard to tell 'em apart.
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