Humanity suffers from being enamored by many myths.... (Reply #21)

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Thu Jan 24, 2019, 05:40 AM

21. Humanity suffers from being enamored by many myths....

such as the ones called free markets, security and individualism. However, like socialism, those are all very fluid terms subject to political winds.

Corruption, pathological grandiosity and greed may well be our worst common enemies, all of which have plagued our entire history.

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41 replies	Author	Time	Post
Venezuela protests: thousands march as military faces call to abandon Maduro [View all]	oberliner	Jan 2019	OP
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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