People in Venezuela today know what they are losing and are too sheep-like to do anything about it.
This rationing is not because of the lack of rainfall, many of the turbines in that dam are broken. There is no money to fix them, or the transmission lines or the distribution system.
All of that money to be spent on upgrading the system was taken and spent elsewhere for a decade, where are the new power plants in this gas/oil rich nation?
Now there will be blackouts, without notices. This means the businesses that are left will face unpredictable power outages, product will spoil, workers stay home, prices increases. Costs increase, prices must stay the same by law.
Soon the only business will be government owned Hugo Marts, with heavy military presence checking ration cards for whatever food happens to be in stock, which will also be unpredictable and sporadic. Like everything else Hugo Chavez touches.
I read a blog from Vebezuela that says a newscaster or someone got on TV and begged for them not to black out the baseball games.
Circuses, with or without the bread.
Yes, a circus is a good way to describe the situation. Which also highlights the insanity of our current foreign policy in isolating Colombia and Honduras.