And I tell you, if you lived in my country for the amount of years that I did, you would see just how much damage this asshole has done to it. I DO wish that he left power through losing the October elections against Capriles, but honestly, if he died, I would NOT give a flying f**k. In fact, I would just say "Good riddance". The man has done nothing but make my country regress in every way imaginable, and I really don't understand how he's got supporters in this website.
And before you accuse me of being some right-winger, or an anti-socialism capitalist, lemme just tell you that I sure as hell am NOT any of those things. Socialism is not a bad thing. Hell, I only WISH that the US would embrace it. But the socialism that Chávez wants to impose in Venezuela is definitely NOT the good kind. It's not the kind of socialism that European countries have. After nearly 14 years, inflation has gone through the roof, the country is barely producing anything for itself (we're importing almost everything now), which is likely a side-effect from his government forcefully taking away private firms and properties which used to be highly productive until they were seized. Crime rates have only gone up dramatically (approximately 130,000 murders a year, and that's without including those that nobody officially notices), media censorship is almost dictatorial, the infrastructure is in a horrible mess (this, of course, has much to do with the incalculable corruption within Chávez's government), our public education is mediocre at best, and Chávez himself has instigated a social-class war between the rich and the poor. His speeches are always filled with hate, always promoting hostility towards the "oligarchs". He also sends enormous amounts of cash to his buddies in Latin-America, namely the Castros in Cuba, and the also highly regressive governments of Ecuador and Bolivia, and what do we get in return? Almost nothing, especially when compared to how much cash those governments get from us. All the while, he's purchasing old Russian military tech to arm his militias against God-knows-what. He uses the excuse that it's to prepare for a potential US-led invasion, but we all know that's not gonna happen. Obviously he's arming his militia because he's afraid of the people revolting some day against his regime, so he's simply just assuring his spot as the man with the most guns. Oh, and let's not forget his association with other corrupt organizations like the close relationship he has with the Iranian government. There is nothing redeeming about this man, and for that, I wish he would not die, but instead rot in prison for the rest of his life in the case that he'd lose the October elections. But like I said, I would also not mind if he died, because frankly, when I think about all the damage he's done to my nation, I can't even have the smallest amount of pity for him. GOOD-Fucking-RIDDANCE.
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