Chavez’s experiment has already been tried 100 times.
It has totally failed in 100 out of 100 of those experiments while the other option, free-market capitalism, has succeeded in 98 out of 100 tries.
It should be obvious to any semi-intelligent person shouldn’t it?
“It should be obvious to any semi-intelligent person shouldn’t it?’
They’ll tell you the same thing we heard when presented with compassionate conservatism: “This time, it’s different.”