I love these stories; when the government forbids profiting from hard work, who will do hard work anymore? Why grow food if it will just be taken away?
Hungry soldiers are not a good idea if you want to stay in power for long.
Ask the Czar.
Communism, curing obesity one nation at a time.
I am a little heartened that these particular soldiers did not exploit their weapons and training [apparently].
Of course they could get hard boiled over time under such conditions if they aren’t willing to starve.
Bismarck, when asked what he would do if the British Army showed up in Germany, “I’d have them arrested!”
Armed soldiers begging for food? They must be out of ammo.
I wonder if this would be of interest to one Jorge Bergoglio who seems no longer to be interested in matters Venezuelan.
When the sodiers have to beg then I think the end is coming for the regime. If it can’t feed its agents of control they will cease to control and many will become soldiers for the people.