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Perseus

(4,341 posts)
6. Venezuela is not a socialist country, it is a dictatorship
Wed Jan 23, 2019, 03:15 PM
Jan 2019

Socialism is the entry, the rhetoric that all communist dictators use to enamor the people, it is full of beautiful populist arguments to bring the struggling masses to support them, once in power the tentacles of communism which is nothing other than a cruel and repressive dictatorship.

Socialism is a myth, there is no country in the World that is "Socialist", you do find "Social-Democratic" regimes which do work very well.

Venezuela is one the most corrupt countries and what people need to learn from it is the methodology that was used to destroy it, because that is exactly what trump and his minions are trying to do. I hope that the orange buffoon is not able to give his SOTU in Congress, because if he defies the rule and is allowed to do it with TV cameras showing it, that action will prompt more disregard from them and it is all downhill, very rapidly, from that point on.

Dictators begin their quest through populism, they defy the rule of law, they make demonstrations like the one the buffoon is threatening to do by having the SOTU, against the command of the powers who control it, do it anyway and walking away from it untouched...be very aware of those demonstrations of power, it is like taking a tiny sip of your tea to make sure it is not hot, and once you know its not, you drink it in a big gulp.

Looks Maduro might finally go down Amishman Jan 2019 #1
This is a scary situation.... Hulk Jan 2019 #2
Its been a mess for years with food and prescription drug shortages, kids starving in shanty towns mastermind Jan 2019 #4
Venezuela is not a socialist country, it is a dictatorship Perseus Jan 2019 #6
Its a democratic country that has a hard fasicist right minority. juxtaposed Jan 2019 #8
It hasnt been a democratic country for YEARS. A true free vote hasnt been held for a long time. oldsoftie Jan 2019 #12
Which mainstream party in Venezuela GatoGordo Jan 2019 #18
It may not be in reality a "socialist government".... Hulk Jan 2019 #9
Humanity suffers from being enamored by many myths.... KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2019 #21
The drop in oil prices Sgent Jan 2019 #20
Venezuela has the world's largest oil reserves... brooklynite Jan 2019 #3
That depends on the price of oil. Scruffy1 Jan 2019 #11
Let's Hope It Isn't Too Violent PaulX2 Jan 2019 #5
Amen oberliner Jan 2019 #7
Hopefully the troops will soon side with the people. oldsoftie Jan 2019 #13
their Bolivarian revolution has come to a sticky end, i think 0rganism Jan 2019 #10
Cuba is an example of "success"? oldsoftie Jan 2019 #14
"success" in transitioning from state capitalism to socialism, yes 0rganism Jan 2019 #34
Ok. Got it. thank you for the clarification oldsoftie Jan 2019 #37
"successfully making the move from state capitalism to socialism is Cuba" EX500rider Jan 2019 #17
I can't think of a single "win" anywhere for Socialism GatoGordo Jan 2019 #28
No matter what your politics are, there is no denying that Hugo Chavez was more effective Polybius Jan 2019 #15
What about Caldera? oberliner Jan 2019 #16
I never heard much about him Polybius Jan 2019 #30
Seems like some of the pre-Chavez folks were fairly effective leaders oberliner Jan 2019 #39
Madura had the good fortune to die before things got bad GatoGordo Jan 2019 #19
Huh? oberliner Jan 2019 #24
my response was to Polybius GatoGordo Jan 2019 #26
But Madura is still alive oberliner Jan 2019 #27
Mea culpa (EOM) GatoGordo Jan 2019 #35
He likely meant to say Hugo Polybius Jan 2019 #29
Yes he was. he died before he was able to finish running it into the ground & stealing everything. oldsoftie Jan 2019 #38
Here are some sites to keep track of latest news from Venezuela.... KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2019 #22
Thank you for sharing those links oberliner Jan 2019 #23
One thing is a given here, and not discussed much... KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2019 #25
Protestors on TV enid602 Jan 2019 #31
Can you shed some more light on that? oberliner Jan 2019 #32
Caracans enid602 Jan 2019 #33
I married a Venezuelan mestizo GatoGordo Jan 2019 #36
The pictures seem in line with the demographics to me: EX500rider Jan 2019 #40
can't tell from this picture GatoGordo Jan 2019 #41
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