Rugoz wrote:I suppose that is targeted at me since I called (a part of) Venezuelans "brainless".
Well sorry to rattle your cage, but it's obvious that people who follow a rabble-rouser like Chavez aren't the sharpest tools in the shed. The economic malaise today is the consequence of Chavez' disastrous economic policies and Maduro's power grab is only possible because Chavez concentrated power in the presidency. All that was predictable by the way, it followed a well-established pattern.
Do you speak Spanish and read huge and thick books by Spanish journalists from Spain on Hugo Chavez? Yes or no? How do you know Chavez was not the sharpest tool in the shed? By what criteria?
I speak Spanish and read at least three books specifically on Chavez that are numbering in about 2,000 pages of content by recognized biographers. One of them is by Ignacio Ramonet sold at Barnes and Noble. It is a very large book. I read it with my full attention. I took notes and asked questions and did research.
What do you know about Chavez' background Rugoz? Be honest. Lol. No, you are basing your opinions on your opposition to socialism. Most probably a visceral response to being anti-socialist. Like most people who hate the concept of nationalizing private industry and who believe in capitalist models.
If the capitalism and the private industry scenarios had worked well in Venezuela no need to change. No pressure to change and no masses of poor hitting the street and electing socialists in government. No need for that. It is all working. But it is not. Poor people with the pro capitalist models with private industry don't share the wealth with the poor. The conditions get so bad? That eventually there is civil unrest.
Who is Chavez? Was he a rich dude from the Caracan elite? No. He was a paratrooper for the Venezuelan air force etc and wanted Venezuela to have something change for the poor of Venezuela. If that happens? You got the Fox News people talking shit and saying you need to be assassinated. Chavez was well liked by most governments in South America. Something hard for you Rugoz to comprehend.
It is interesting there is a transcript available in Spanish of the entire conversations between Chavez, his men, and other Latin American leaders during an attempt on his assassination. Did you read it? Answer me? Oh, you probably don't read in Spanish. You just assume he is not a sharp knife in the drawer. You are foolish to take second hand information as truth.
I can tell you that Trump is a dull knife with all confidence. Chavez? Not by a long shot. Very intelligent. And he studied all the time. Day and night. Trying to look for solutions.
The problem is that the people who compose the Venezuelan opposition want to go back to the same tired, pro capitalist, big group of poverty stricken people, and tiny elite living well model that got them in hot water in the first place. That is not a solution Rugoz.
Solve problems or get out of the way.