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Venezuela’s Amuay Refinery Explosion Shows Why Hugo Chavez's Socialism Is A Powder Keg
Investor's Business Daily ^ | 27 August 2012 | Editorial

Posted on 08/28/2012 7:35:05 AM PDT by IBD editorial writer

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Party hacks don't make very good technical managers, and Commissars tend not to budget for maintenance. We learned this some time ago - 1918, to be exact.

It is one of history's great ironies that the Industrial Revolution that Marx insisted would bring about world socialism has, in fact, pointed out its major flaws from the very beginning. The only new major industry it has engendered is blame factories that provide narratives to explain socialism's failures. If only people could be fed by that, we'd have something.

21 posted on 08/28/2012 10:03:49 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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“The only new major industry it has engendered is blame factories that provide narratives to explain socialism’s failures. If only people could be fed by that, we’d have something.”

If only a dynamo could be harnessed to their lying jaws, we’d have something.


22 posted on 08/28/2012 10:26:30 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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As well as the over 40 who died from the blast, 150 more people were injured. 500 homes damaged.

Also:

“Chavez’s government has been hit recently by other infrastructure-related problems including a prison riot that killed 25 last week, the collapse of a major highway bridge and power outages in parts of the country.”

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501715_162-57501937/fire-extinguished-at-venezuela-refinery/


23 posted on 08/28/2012 12:47:14 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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"There will be no more meritocracy," he told his cheering red-shirts.

Do these red-shirts even know what 'meritocracy' means?

24 posted on 08/28/2012 2:32:28 PM PDT by Moltke ("I am Dr. Sonderborg," he said, "and I don't want any nonsense.")
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Chavez’s “Reichstag Fire”?


25 posted on 08/28/2012 2:36:25 PM PDT by dfwgator
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