The Woes of Socialism ... Famous Venezuelan Ice-Cream Store Closes Over Milk Shortage

Yahoo! News ^ | December 27, 2014 | Corina Pons

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[W.]

BEER ICE CREAM?

[jmacusa]

“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, a creed of ignorance and a gospel of envy. It's only inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery''.-- Winston Churchill.

[Billthedrill]

President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government says foes in Venezuela's opposition and wealthy elite are exacerbating economic problems by hoarding and price-gouging in what he terms an "economic war" against him.

The Bolsheviks called them "wreckers". They were largely fictitious but served to justify violence against pretty much anyone, including the only ones actually producing something.

It's a pretty simple model, really: a country enjoying widespread wealth, abundant natural resources, and a strong middle class is accosted by a demagogue and a team of agitators who inflame the resentful poor, increase the population of government dependents, impoverish the country, and blame somebody else. That is Venezuela's story and it is precisely what American progressives have in mind for our country. Oh, yes, and along the way the agitators get rich. Imagine that.

[M-cubed]

They have shortages of a lot of things in that country. When government officials run the economy this is the normal result. <<

Yes!...That means u have to pay the government officials more money!....Don't you understand capitalism from a Marxist point of view????.../s

[Ditto]

Some of those tourist will never be coming back to Venezuela.

I guess Mickey Moore won't go back if there is no ice cream there. ;~))

[Secret Agent Man]

i know how your neighbor feels.

[SaxxonWoods]

Something just occured to me which begs for some research on my part.

Aren’t there some socialist scandi countries that depend heavily on oil revenue to support their systems?

I think there are. I wonder why we haven’t heard about them feeling the pinch yet? Perhaps because unlike Russia they aren’t under sanctions, and perhaps they have some lead time due to hedged pricing. Hmmmm.

[GeronL]

Their economy is worse than Marxist, even their Marxism is dysfunctional.

[steve86]

I knew a wonderful Venezuelan Catholic girl in college. She went back and must be 55 now. Wonder how she’s doing?

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