Venezuela in Chaos......

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ven...-going-n755306

At what point will the the great Socialist Experiment in Venezuela turn into a total "Thugocracy".

The truth is, it is already there. It has been ever since Chavez decided to turn the entire Country into a episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies". Everybody lives off the oil revenues. It worked, for a while. Then oil prices plummeted, and Jed, Granny, Jethro, and Ellie May are scrounging for road kill to make possum stew.

Has anybody noticed that you see very little of this chaos on the Main Stream Media's major broadcasts.

It doesn't fit their narrative. Socialism works. The Government will take care of you. Everybody is equal.

Yeh, sure. Untill the money dries up. Then everybody is truly equal.

A rising tide lifts all ships. It also grounds them all when it goes out.

I'm not sure how true this next news link is, but it seems like the Eutopian Society paved the way for some enterprising crime bosses to move in. As if things weren't bad enough.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017...rol-venezuela/
  • 2mac
  • 06-04-2017, 09:38 PM
I should NEVER EVER GET INVOLVED in discussions like this but I think this is the best book every written to explain why some cultures are capable of 1st world out comes and others no matter what form of government they have are doomed to 3rd world out comes.
  • DSK
  • 06-04-2017, 10:05 PM
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ven...-going-n755306

At what point will the the great Socialist Experiment in Venezuela turn into a total "Thugocracy".

The truth is, it is already there. It has been ever since Chavez decided to turn the entire Country into a episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies". Everybody lives off the oil revenues. It worked, for a while. Then oil prices plummeted, and Jed, Granny, Jethro, and Ellie May are scrounging for road kill to make possum stew.

Has anybody noticed that you see very little of this chaos on the Main Stream Media's major broadcasts.

It doesn't fit their narrative. Socialism works. The Government will take care of you. Everybody is equal.

Yeh, sure. Untill the money dries up. Then everybody is truly equal.

A rising tide lifts all ships. It also grounds them all when it goes out.

I'm not sure how true this next news link is, but it seems like the Eutopian Society paved the way for some enterprising crime bosses to move in. As if things weren't bad enough.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017...rol-venezuela/ Originally Posted by Jackie S
Very well put. They actually have excellent oil reserves, but they spent all the profits on lavish social programs instead of reinvestment in their exploration. Typical of third world countries, and a major reason for their economic problems.
Venezuala is a shit hole because of socialism, you know... lazy communists

Proof to the world that 0zombies are dumb fucks!

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The history of Latin American politics reflects a consistency of ....

... "chaos"!
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Very well put. They actually have excellent oil reserves, but they spent all the profits on lavish social programs instead of reinvestment in their exploration. Typical of third world countries, and a major reason for their economic problems. Originally Posted by DSK
What they don't waste on "social programs" for their friends, the "heads of state" steal for their "retirement"! Any half-smart execs in their "oil ministry" have two sets of books regarding their reserves and production to reduce the amount of embezzling.
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  • WTF
  • 06-05-2017, 06:53 AM
What they don't waste on "social programs". Originally Posted by LexusLover
Hopefully we will take your Social Security and Medicare and pay off our military debt.
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  • WTF
  • 06-05-2017, 07:01 AM
I should NEVER EVER GET INVOLVED in discussions like this but I think this is the best book every written to explain why some cultures are capable of 1st world out comes and others no matter what form of government they have are doomed to 3rd world out comes.
Originally Posted by 2mac
http://integralleadershipreview.com/...t-from-itself/

Interesting.


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Venezuala is a shit hole because of socialism, you know... lazy communists

Proof to the world that 0zombies are dumb fucks!

Originally Posted by IIFFOFRDB
It is not because of socialism, ready had nothing to do with it. It's because Chavez and his family looted the country. Amid all of this they became the richest family in the country and word is that his daughter is the biggest rich bitch in the world.
  • DSK
  • 06-05-2017, 12:42 PM
Hopefully we will take your Social Security and Medicare and pay off our military debt. Originally Posted by WTF
Debt doesn't matter - Don't Be Daft!
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They will try it again some place else.
It will work next time.
They will try it again some place else.
It will work next time. Originally Posted by Gotyour6
That is what Babblin Bernie Sanders is hoping to do here !
They will try it again some place else.
It will work next time. Originally Posted by Gotyour6
If the Brits elect Labour and Corbyn, they'll be giving it another whirl soon enough. (Probably unlikely, but in this insane world almost anything is possible.)

Corbyn makes Bernie look conservative by comparison.
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  • WTF
  • 06-05-2017, 03:56 PM
If the Brits elect Labour and Corbyn, they'll be giving it another whirl soon enough. (Probably unlikely, but in this insane world almost anything is possible.)

Corbyn makes Bernie look conservative by comparison. Originally Posted by Ex-CEO
Do you remember the Prime Minister that Trump was bragging about having the best Healthcare what system was that
Do you remember the Prime Minister that Trump was bragging about having the best Healthcare what system was that Originally Posted by WTF
I don't know. He's made so many inconsistent and contradictory statements that it's hard to keep track. Once he said he was for single-payer, and at other times seemed to think it was the worst thing ever implemented.

Which one are you referring to?