The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
some animals are more equal than others
Food tends to go to where money is.
Analysis: We need more socialism.
Actually, analysis is probably not the right word for what they are doing.
Hilarious article showing how Maduro’s super-elite live in Venezuela, while blaming Maduro opposition forces for being the ones responsible for the corruption that allows them to live that way.
These kinds of insane “explanations” are so typical amongst the elites in 3rd world shitholes, who apparently believe they are far more clever than everyone else, and everybody else is stupid enough to believe their nonsense.
He gets it that Venezuela’s socialist system is failing and corrupt, and he still can’t bring himself to blame the Chavists.
Of course if he did publicly, he’d be out of business in a heartbeat.
Socialists are monarchists at heart. Socialism always requires an oligarchy, and the only thing that keeps it from grinding to a halt is what I call “survival corruption”. Corruption is simultaneously made both possible by the system, and necessary for it to work.
The official value of the Bolivar is about two hundred times the implied value. So anyone who can deal in dollars can afford what they want. My guess is that certain upscale stores are unofficially allowed to deal in dollars. (In Cuba, certain aristocratic stores are officially allowed to deal in Convertible Pesos.)
Well, I got emails showing the product on store shelves broken down out of the bundle pack and in the single 12 packs. Each 12 pack was $38.00 US dollars retailing out in their stores. The entire 48 bundle we sold to them was less than $10 each. So they were marking it up over 1000% for retail sale.
Isn't socialism nice?
‘He explained that large retail chains such as Makro, Excelsior Gama or Plaza’s have their own import mechanisms, “They import directly and work with the strongest private importers.”’
Translation: they work in dollars.
So he blames the opposition for the government’s failed policies.
This is what Obama and Bernie and Hillary want for the USA.
Written in 1957. You want to know why this happens? This is why this happens. The book bought Djilas seven years in prison but he lived to have the last laugh.
Then I was told their government would not allow it. Amazing!
They had special shops in the USSR. There are special hard currency shops in North Korea. But do you want to live like that? Socialism doesn’t get rid of the rich, it concentrates and reserves wealth to a few people with connections to power. It returns a country to a modern day feudalism.
I disagree with people who say that socialism never works... It always works exactly as intended for the oligarchs who set it up. They tempt the poor, lazy, and stupid to allow them to steal from their institutions then give them scapegoats to blame while they are laughing all the way to the bank.
Coming to America if Queen Criminal Clintoon becomes our potus!
Google earth has buildings in the rich neighborhoods of Caracas blocked out, while buildings in the slum areas are not.
People on the right often wonder why leftists continue to push for socialism when eveyone else knows it doesn’t work. This articles gives the answer. It does work. For the socialists. But no one else. Don’t think that things will get so bad that the socialists will give up power. They won’t starve, and they don’t care that you will. They think they can outlast you.