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If Sanders gets his way, we'll get Venezuela, not Denmark.
1 posted on 02/23/2020 5:56:01 PM PST by karpov
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To: karpov

The surprising turn has hardly solved Venezuela’s economic troubles.

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Would anyone want to be a venture capitalist in when the government can just arbitrarily decide to nationalize your business and confiscate your property?


2 posted on 02/23/2020 6:28:56 PM PST by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: karpov

Even Lenin figured it out...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Economic_Policy


3 posted on 02/23/2020 6:29:51 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: karpov

after years of negative articles about the failures of Venezuela in the NYT, isn’t it a bit suspicious that they suddenly start running positive articles about Venezuela the minute it looks like Comrade Sanders is going to be the Dem nominee?


5 posted on 02/23/2020 8:22:15 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: karpov

“... a place ruled by an autocrat willing to allow de facto capitalism in order to stave off collapse and assure his continued grip on power.”

You’d think from this that no one at the NYT has ever heard of the PRC.


6 posted on 02/23/2020 10:05:18 PM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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