Venezuela expels U.S. embassy officials

How many Venezuelans does it take to change a bulb?

One to steal a new light bulb from the evil capitalist hoarding the light bulbs
one to install the new nationalized light bulb
one to make a propaganda video of the triumphant proletariat installing the new light bulb
three to decry Capitalism for the old light bulb burning out while the new bulb is installed
one to flip the switch to show the socialist triumph of installing a new light bulb

except the light bulb fails to light because there is no socialist electricity!
 
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metalman said:
From the Wayback machine

https://twitter.com/x/status/309124649244057600
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Yeah the same people who praised Chavez as a Socialist hero and Venezuela a model for the US got awful quiet when the inevitable happened.

Obama White House praises ‘Venezuelan people’ after Chavez victory
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Salon: Hugo Chavez’s economic miracle
The Venezuelan leader was often marginalized as a radical. But his brand of socialism achieved real economic gains

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Carter praises Chavez for 'improving the lives of millions'
While President Obama called the death of Venezuela strongman Hugo Chavez a chance for a "new chapter" in the Latin American country's history, former President Carter instead praised the strongman's "commitment to improving the lives of millions of his fellow countrymen."

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Hugo Chávez: Man against the world
I have long been a supporter of Chávez, writing and talking about him since he first emerged as a serious and revolutionary political contender in the middle of the 1990s. He embodied two vibrant traditions from Latin America in the 1960s: the memory of the left-wing guerrilla movements of that period, inspired by Che Guevara and the Cuban Revolution (and, of course, by Castro) and the unusual experience of government by left-wing army officers, notably General Juan Velasco Alvarado in Peru and General Omar Torríjos in Panama. He also embraced the powerful current of left-wing nationalism in Latin America’s leftist parties, often repressed during the years of the cold war, but never far from the surface.

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And this ladies and gentlemen is why you should never vote for leftists.
 
redrumloa said:
And this ladies and gentlemen is why you should never vote for leftists.
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If you vote for a leftist populist government then the owning classes of the empire will use all of their usual economic levers against you to topple your country. If Venezuela was actually able to defend itself against this economic attack then the US would simply invade. It's the same old model again and again. Attack the currency, create economic hardship with a little sabotage help from the local wealthy - always a useful ally for the empire, exploit the natural divide between the haves and the havenots and any natural ethnic rifts, agitate the population, attempt to provoke a violent response and hopefully the government will fall. If not the empire will supply all sorts of weapons to "freedom fighters" until the government falls, and if that doesn't work the US will declare it has to protect the heavily armed freedom fighters from the horrible state soldiers trying to defend their families from the empires preferred brand of "freedom" with air strikes - and if THAT doesn't work then gradually get boots on the ground (while not calling it that) or straight up invade because ... HITLER.

Those are the regular steps.Oh yes, and since the investing classes own the media (as true in Venezuela as it is the US) the investing classes get to tell everyone how it isn't their fault, but the fault of all the people who haven't given the investing classes enough of their stuff yet.
 
FluffyMcDeath said:
If you vote for a leftist populist government then the owning classes of the empire will use all of their usual economic levers against you to topple your country. If Venezuela was actually able to defend itself against this economic attack then the US would simply invade. It's the same old model again and again. Attack the currency, create economic hardship with a little sabotage help from the local wealthy - always a useful ally for the empire, exploit the natural divide between the haves and the havenots and any natural ethnic rifts, agitate the population, attempt to provoke a violent response and hopefully the government will fall. If not the empire will supply all sorts of weapons to "freedom fighters" until the government falls, and if that doesn't work the US will declare it has to protect the heavily armed freedom fighters from the horrible state soldiers trying to defend their families from the empires preferred brand of "freedom" with air strikes - and if THAT doesn't work then gradually get boots on the ground (while not calling it that) or straight up invade because ... HITLER.

Those are the regular steps.Oh yes, and since the investing classes own the media (as true in Venezuela as it is the US) the investing classes get to tell everyone how it isn't their fault, but the fault of all the people who haven't given the investing classes enough of their stuff yet.
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Rubbish. I didn't bother to respond before, but rubbish. I know you have a soft spot for Communism^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^hSocialism, but you cannot blame the US. I could give bullet points why it is rubbish, but I'd probably be wasting my time. Instead I'll just post a video and a link since visuals can tell a story better than a wall of text a mile long.


But that's OK, because US.

In Gun-Controlled Venezuela, Dictator Promises Gun to Each Socialist Militant

Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro is giving guns to upwards of 400,000 of his supporters in hopes of squashing opponents’ demands for free and fair elections.

The guns would increase the 100,000 pro-Maduro militia members to roughly half a million in the short term, though Maduro spoke of “one million” militiamen in the long term.

On Sunday night, Maduro ordered the National Bolivarian Militia, a coalition of armed socialist civilians empowered to enforce Maduro’s will, into the streets to stem the tide of opponents calling for elections to replace him. He promised “a gun for every militiaman” and the quadrupling of his civilian force, from 100,000 to 400,000, as soon as possible

Guns for socialists pawns of the government, none for the unhappy masses! It is amazing how some people will contort ridiculous arguments to defend brutal dictators, if those dictators are against Democracy.
 
“This is kind of a big deal, to paraphrase a quote from Joe Biden,” writes HotAir reporter Jazz Shaw. “Chavez is still considered the father of the revolution among [hardcore] socialists and Maduro is basically his successor.”

“Granted, this statue isn’t nearly as large as the one of Saddam Hussein which was famously torn down in Baghdad, but it’s still a powerful totem to the socialist movement. Seeing angry citizens tearing it down and smashing it in the streets is a demonstration of precisely how much the bloom has come off the rose of the socialist revolution.”

 
metalman said:
In Venezuela, money has stopped working

"strewn about in the trash are at least a dozen 20-bolivar bills, small-denomination currency now so worthless even looters didn’t think it was worth their time to stop and pick them up."
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In other news...


Big in Venezuela: Bitcoin Mining
Hyperinflation has driven thousands to seek out unorthodox currency.

Remember how just 10 years ago Liberals in the USA were pointing to Venezuela as a perfect model of a Socialist Utopia?
 
redrumloa said:
Remember how just 10 years ago Liberals in the USA were pointing to Venezuela as a perfect model of a Socialist Utopia?
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Which is why it had to be destroyed. This form of economic/information warfare isn't new. The US has always reserved the right to exploit the south and anyone who stands up for themselves has to be destroyed. Usually they just fund death-squads, back fascist dictators, or bomb the local government. If you look at the US news you won't find anything about how the US funds and helps co-ordinate the "opposition" or how they use their currency supremacy to manipulate economies. Sanctions are a form of warfare, not just a sign of disapproval. They are designed to hurt and do real economic damage to make populations ungovernable.
 
metalman said:
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I'm not saying he doesn't promote chickens, remember, Venezuela has a very large wealth disparity. The majority of the country has always been very poor with a small (lighter coloured) section of the population living in cities with all of the cash. Chavez (mostly) and Maduro have done a lot to raise the living standards of the poorest and that is why Maduro has enough popular support to effectively remain leader and stymie the coup, as they have done repeatedly with each attempted coup. The poor people understand the value of food independence. I live in Vancouver, BC and in city limits we are allowed to have up to two chickens per back yard (no roosters though). When the US has you under siege, you need to grow your own food.
 
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