Hey kids: Don't be a sucker for socialism

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The inevitable socialist collapse of Venezuela continues, and some heroic freedom fighters emerge.

Venezuela's Guaido calls for massive protest as blackout drags on

CARACAS, March 9 (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Saturday called on citizens nationwide to travel to the capital Caracas for a protest against socialist President Nicolas Maduro, as the country's worst blackout in decades dragged on for a third day.

Addressing supporters in southwestern Caracas, Guaido - the leader of the opposition-run congress who invoked the constitution to assume an interim presidency in January - said Maduro's government "has no way to solve the electricity crisis that they themselves created."...

Activists had scuffled with police and troops ahead of the rally, meant to pressure Maduro amid the blackout, which the governing Socialist Party called an act of U.S.-sponsored sabotage but opposition critics derided as the result of two decades of mismanagement and corruption....

The power flickered on and off in parts of Caracas on Saturday morning, including the presidential palace of Miraflores, according to Reuters witnesses. Six of the country's 23 states still lacked power as of Saturday afternoon, Socialist Party Vice President Diosdado Cabello said on state television.

"We're all upset that we've got no power, no phone service, no water and they want to block us," said Rossmary Nascimiento, 45, a nutritionist at the Caracas rally. "I want a normal country."

http://news.trust.org/item/20190309205620-dfuso

Second major nationwide power outage in socialist Venezuela. 96% of Venezuelan Internet connections are down.



https://twitter.com/netblocks/status/11 ... 6028673029

I'm amazed they had the internet in the first place.

Late-stage socialism.

I am an ignoramus compared to some here when it comes to political structures...
But this is the impression I have also...
I even compared socialism to a Borg collective in a recent post in another thread...

It may have been the case in history, but is it so in modern, more enlightened times?

Is this a relic of my childhood upbringing?
Is it unconscious bias?
I don't think so but I have an open mind...<shrug>

<set investigation mode to on>

Any observations of your own, Darmok?

I go through periods where I get tired of arguing and just want to post memes.

You clearly have no grasp of the difference between government & despotism.

Post away, my brother!

Socialism is to economics and politics exactly as creationism to science. It's not subject to rational argumentation.

To each their own...<shrug>
Is he doing any harm?
If someone has a problem with his posts they can simply not read them...
Not rocket surgery...

Hi George,
I missed you...<manly hug>

Who's George?

Sorry, I meant Timothy...