In Venezuela, obstacles to 21st Century socialism

[DuaneBidoux]

Source: Reuters

CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez's ambitious project to bring "21st Century socialism" to Venezuela is running into obstacles -- easy cash, corruption and an expanding class of citizens who are growing rich by exploiting economic distortions.

Chavez promised a revolution when he won his first election in 1998. Since his third election victory in December, he has pledged to accelerate Venezuela's transformation into a society where a "new man" is free of selfish urges and devoted to the common good.



Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN1920864020070620

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Perhaps Reuters is indeed part of the capitalistic imperialistic Western press but I still get nervous anytime any government of any persuasion says they are going to create "a new man free of selfish urges" (or a "new man" of any persuasion for that matter).

Some of the greatest evils in human history started with a government's determination to change human nature en masse.