Starving mob beat cattle to death with rocks in desperate search for food... [Venezuela]

Daily Mail ^ | 1/12/18 | Iain Burns

[markomalley]

A shocking video showing a starving Venezuelan mob beating a cow to death with stones has gone viral amid violent protests that have left four people dead.

Dozens of men shout 'we are hungry' and 'people are suffering' as they surround the cow in the field, throwing stones at it and beating it with a stick.

The helpless animal was slaughtered at the Hacienda Miraflores, in the fishing village of Palmarito in Merida, during a day deadly of civil unrest and looting in the state.

[kearnyirish2]

The “death flights” were originally supposed to originate in the South American “dirty wars”, where we supported anti-communist military governments to contain communism (Operation Condor). Once our government fell to the leftists, those military governments were betrayed and their communist enemies came to power in most of those countries shortly afterwards.

[kearnyirish2]

That is why the Founding Fathers of the US restricted voting to landowners - the taxpayers of their day. They understood what happens when people who contribute nothing have a say in how others’ contributions are spent...