And now we will see what happens next. I don't see any soft landing here, and only the thugs and the crazies are armed. Historically the usual ploy is to pick a fight with somebody else and hope to unite the people through a common enemy. The one Venezuela usually uses is Colombia. But if the society deteriorates far enough even that fails, only escape is possible, and Bolivarian America will have its own self-inflicted refugee crisis.
I don't see why the U.S. is obligated to pay for somebody else's socialism experiment, especially since we have fools of our own. But I sure wouldn't bet against it.