Yeah, Venezuela's a great place DD, why don't you move there? In a very short time, the Venezuelan poor will be much poorer...along with the rest of the country. Using Marxism to better someones standard of living is like throwing an anchor to a drowning man.
You missed my point. The people probably do vote in the majority for Chavez, but they've been bamboozled. They don't get that another name for the schools and clinics they're getting is Socialism...