[M203M4]

"Chávez is not the threat; he's the consequence," says Antonio Guzman-Blanco, who relocated to Panama a year ago for political and practical reasons. "Fifty percent of the people believe in him ... They want the state to do everything and think it will miraculously improve their lives. I felt alienated from my own country."

50% parasitic vermin, who expect the successful to involuntarily ameliorate the symptoms of their personal failings, sounds about right across the world.

[Fairview]

"Fifty percent of the people believe in him ... They want the state to do everything and think it will miraculously improve their lives..."

And how is this different from the US? It does seem that at least half the population here (the half that votes liberal) expect the government to do everything for them while they stand there with their collective hand out.

[DeltaZulu]

"Chávez is not the threat; he's the consequence," says Antonio Guzman-Blanco, who relocated to Panama a year ago for political and practical reasons. "Fifty percent of the people believe in him ... They want the state to do everything and think it will miraculously improve their lives. I felt alienated from my own country."

This is positively profound. Our future is being declared to us by this humble man.