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A host of Hollywood A-listers have rushed to support Hugo Chavez over the years. Notice, not a word from Michael Moore, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sean Penn, Noam Chomsky, Belafonte, Danny Glover, Oliver Stone, Naomi Campbell, Don King etc... we should put them on a plane and send them there to live.
Belafonte labeled George W. Bush the "greatest tyrant in the world,’’ while telling Chavez how “millions’’ of Americans supported him.
Boxing promoter Don King praised Chavez and his "revolution,’’ announcing, "To see what is happening here makes me feel good all over.’’
The Venezuelan people elected Chavez. What business is that of ours?
"Also, to blame Venezuela's problems on socialism is a dangerous oversimplification. The main culprits are cronyism, corruption, and horrible economic policy, things that can happen in capitalism. If you want to take the easy way out and point at socialism in general, you're not learning the lessons we should learn from their catastrophe and you're going to let it happen to the US one day."
Because they ran out of other people's money. The country failed when socialism failed. Take the blinders off.
They are a petro-state funded by oil. That's not other people's money. You're just sitting here with your freshman-level worldview passing judgement on situations you do not even care to understand.
The Venezuelan people elected Chavez. What business is that of ours?
It's my business because this is what the left is promoting. It's an example of what happens with socialism. I'll bet you won't find any of those Hollywood A-listers who thought this was great going there to live now.
Venezuela essentially succeeded in making equal pay a reality. Not completely, but as close as you can see in modern times with a country in its situation.
Since it just isn't possible to move everyone up to equal pay, you end up moving everyone down to equal pay. Simply put, equal pay means practically everyone is poor.
Yes, I know there were rich and middle class in Venezuela, but the poor was, by far, the biggest REAL demographic.
It was a country that could have had a relatively small percentage of poor, but when you want equal, it becomes equal to the lowest denominator.
They are a petro-state funded by oil. That's not other people's money. You're just sitting here with your freshman-level worldview passing judgement on situations you do not even care to understand.
The routinely seized private assets and redistributed them or forced (at gunpoint) stores to sell at 1/10th of normal price.
They exacerbated their own oil production via both asset seizure which chilled foreign investment as well as cronyism so not only did oil prices fall, their production did too.
So, frankly I think you're both right to some extent but in fairness Chavez made a pretty big showing of taking other peoples money and redistributing in accordance with his views.
I keep waiting to hear his daughter has fled the country with a few billion....
and the left wants to bring that here under the guise of "democratic socialism".
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Originally Posted by floridanative10
Chaos, one of the highest crime rates in the world, out of control rates of inflation, lack of basics like sugar and milk and toilet paper in a country with the largest oil reserves in the world. Maybe hopefully all the left wingers like Sean Penn, Chomsky, Oliver Stone, Naomi Campbell who loved chavez and maduro so much can help Venezuelans out, Malibu is a sanctuary city.
"Hugo Chavez declared the oil belonged 2 the ppl. He used the oil $ 2 eliminate 75% of extreme poverty, provide free health & education 4 all"
Michael moore nails it once again
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