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    Default Venezuela: socialism failed the people

    https://www.realclearworld.com/artic...me_112685.html

    How many were pounding their chests proclaiming how awesome Venezuela was for its people under Chavez? Especially when oil was well above $100/brl.

    Where are you all now? The people are starving and now are subjected to a dictator. Shocking this happened!

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    Why are you posting your concern here?

    Let us know how your Humanitarian Mission goes.

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    Socialism did what it always does ... enriches the politburo and their cronies.

    And Obama was thrilled to be sucking Chavez's dick
    "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."
    — Joe Biden on Obama.

    Socialism is just the modern word for monarchy.

    D.C. has become a Guild System with an hierarchy and line of accession much like the Royal Court or priestly classes.

    Private citizens are perfectly able of doing a better job without "apprenticing".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bigdog View Post
    Socialism did what it always does ... enriches the politburo and their cronies.

    And Obama was thrilled to be sucking Chavez's dick
    Maybe Reaganomics is the way to go ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Superfreak View Post
    https://www.realclearworld.com/artic...me_112685.html

    How many were pounding their chests proclaiming how awesome Venezuela was for its people under Chavez? Especially when oil was well above $100/brl.

    Where are you all now? The people are starving and now are subjected to a dictator. Shocking this happened!
    Why is it every time we get the socialism post Venezuela is always dragged out as the poster child?

    The majority of European nations have a some form of socialism, some with a higher standard of living than the US, but Venezuela is the one conservatives always pick

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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    Why is it every time we get the socialism post Venezuela is always dragged out as the poster child?

    The majority of European nations have a some form of socialism, some with a higher standard of living than the US, but Venezuela is the one conservatives always pick
    Why not Norway Righty's

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    i think most major leftists have said that venezuela is awesome and should be copied. Moore, Sanders, Cornel west, etc etc
    is on twitter @realtsuke

    https://tsukesthoughts.wordpress.com/

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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    Why is it every time we get the socialism post Venezuela is always dragged out as the poster child?

    The majority of European nations have a some form of socialism, some with a higher standard of living than the US, but Venezuela is the one conservatives always pick
    There are no socialist countries in Western Europe, there is world of difference between socialism and social democracy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bourbon View Post
    Maybe Reaganomics is the way to go ...
    Maybe you should "Buy American".
    "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."
    — Joe Biden on Obama.

    Socialism is just the modern word for monarchy.

    D.C. has become a Guild System with an hierarchy and line of accession much like the Royal Court or priestly classes.

    Private citizens are perfectly able of doing a better job without "apprenticing".

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    Kind of a weird article.

    ""The science of the production & distribution of wealth in society — economics — is complex. Even well-thought out policies can go awry & good systems run by smart folks can fail when you consider shortages, trade, war, natural disaster, climate, luck, & the actions of others — things nobody can control. Instead of gloating over the suffering of other nations with different ideas, it would be better to study & understand the real causes so that humans can avoid them in the future.""


    Maybe the author can point out where socialism has worked if this was just an anomaly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    Why is it every time we get the socialism post Venezuela is always dragged out as the poster child?
    Why do the Liberals always drag out ... the All White Aryan Nations? ... and say we need to look more like "them".

    That is racist as shit! ... and you disown a brown nation like Venezuela.
    "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."
    — Joe Biden on Obama.

    Socialism is just the modern word for monarchy.

    D.C. has become a Guild System with an hierarchy and line of accession much like the Royal Court or priestly classes.

    Private citizens are perfectly able of doing a better job without "apprenticing".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bourbon View Post
    Why are you posting your concern here?

    Let us know how your Humanitarian Mission goes.
    Why would someone post about socialism on a political message board? You think it should be off limits?

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    Greetings dumbasses. That is not the type of Socialism we dems work with in the first place. It's like you think if it's not capitalism, it's socialism. Some of you morons even think communism is socialism. When you types get enough brain farts together, to make a half way coherent debate, than you can start acting like the crying baby on the airplane. Only real difference I notice is that it's no big deal if we tell you to shut the fuck up, like it would be to shout at the kid. Somehow I still think this would be more effective here though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bourbon View Post
    Maybe Reaganomics is the way to go ...
    Yeah, because the economic boom from 1982-2000 really was awful wasn't it?

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