[RedWhiteBlue]

Good analysis of how Chavez gained and holds onto power.

[Travis McGee]

bttt

[DeweyCA]

Ultimately, all authoritarian regimes seek power by following the same principle. They raise society’s tolerance for state intervention. Thomas Hobbes, the 17th-century British philosopher, offered some tips for accomplishing this goal. The more insecurity that citizens face—the closer they come to living in the brutish state of nature—the more they will welcome state power.

This approach is right out of the Democrats' (especially Jesse Jackson's) playbook.

[Mike Darancette]

[tallhappy]

Hard to beleive Foreign Policy would run an artcle like this.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Thanks for posting this. I've been looking for an in-depth analysis of Chavez after watching Kasich's interview last night with a leftist American professor who is a Chavez supporter.

[Fintan]

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I guess it helps to have a three-bagger for a girlfriend.

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[Cincinatus]

Ping to you, sweetie!

[Yardstick]

Chávez secured congressional approval for an expansion of the Supreme Court from 20 to 32 justices and filled the new posts with unabashed revolucionarios...

So Chavez packed the court, huh? FDR would've been impressed.