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Chomsky's Venezuela Lesson
Townhall.com ^ | May 31, 2017 | John Stossel

Posted on 05/31/2017 5:45:47 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 05/31/2017 5:45:47 AM PDT by Kaslin
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“Chavez did “incredible things for the 80 percent of the people that are very poor.”’

Right, now 98% are “very poor.” The remaining 2% are very rich because they are the elite government officials.


2 posted on 05/31/2017 5:50:56 AM PDT by Mercat
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My SIL lived there for years. A friend of hers, who is a translator, works for a free meal on a job that my SIL would be several thousand dollars for.


3 posted on 05/31/2017 5:51:51 AM PDT by Mercat
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To: Kaslin

The Left feeds on lies. They simply refuse to acknowledge Truth even when it stares them in the face. They just invent a fantasy and declare themselves the winner of any debate.

I see a nearby thread which says President Trump will be more involved in press relations. I think that’s probably good. He should just forcefully state truths and lambast the media when it lies. Over time, his position will grow stronger and stronger and theirs will just grow weaker.

The Truth wins eventually.


4 posted on 05/31/2017 5:52:05 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
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To: Kaslin

When I was in the Army in Panama (90s) Venezuela is where Panamanian doctors took their wives shopping on vacation.


5 posted on 05/31/2017 5:55:07 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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A few (metaphorical) heads on pikes would work wonders.


6 posted on 05/31/2017 5:56:09 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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Tupy also asks how Chomsky thinks “capitalists sabotaged the economy by taking money out if capitalists are superfluous to a functioning economy.”

That is easy. The capital doesn't belong the Capitalist, so they undermined the economy by stealing their money from it. The capitalist is superfluous to the economy, just not his money and infrastructure.

Honestly. That is how Communists think.

7 posted on 05/31/2017 5:57:23 AM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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An irrational excess of misguided idealism leads to a head in the clouds fantasy.That’s what libtardism is.


8 posted on 05/31/2017 5:58:57 AM PDT by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: Kaslin

We are trying to join them with the $15 minimum wage and push for a universal living wage.


9 posted on 05/31/2017 6:02:22 AM PDT by GMMC0987
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The left does not live in reality.


10 posted on 05/31/2017 6:03:41 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
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“A few (metaphorical) heads on pikes would work wonders.”

I’ve always thought so...it might fend off the need for literal “pikings”.


11 posted on 05/31/2017 6:22:15 AM PDT by headsonpikes (Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
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Today, Chileans are 51 percent richer than Venezuelans

bragging about this ?
12 posted on 05/31/2017 6:22:54 AM PDT by stylin19a
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"No," says linguist and political writer Noam Chomsky. "I was right."

Of course Chomsky has no trouble finding something to eat in Boston, with his very generous MIT salary, or pension, or both.

13 posted on 05/31/2017 6:29:27 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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Which is why I want those who voted for Chaves to suffer greatly. I feel sorry for those Venezuelans (who knew what was coming) when their leftist countryman elected a communist dictator.

When it happens here, me and my neighbors will be prepared.

I hope all liberal, left wing puke-holes suffer the greatest for the damage they cause.


14 posted on 05/31/2017 6:31:14 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus
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Actor Sean Penn met with Hugo Chavez several times and claimed Chavez did “incredible things for the 80 percent of the people that are very poor.”

Sean Penn has been in hiding ever since he Turned in El Chapo for the reward money.


15 posted on 05/31/2017 6:32:12 AM PDT by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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Tupy also asks how Chomsky thinks "capitalists sabotaged the economy by taking money out if capitalists are superfluous to a functioning economy."

You can't plunder if there's nothing to take.

16 posted on 05/31/2017 6:32:55 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Gee it feels great to be a gangster.)
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To: Kaslin

Chumpsky ALERT!


17 posted on 05/31/2017 7:00:01 AM PDT by PGalt
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You’re right, Penn hasn’t been around for awhile. The cartels probably have a price on his head.


18 posted on 05/31/2017 7:16:17 AM PDT by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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To: Kaslin

That MIT employ’s this antisemitic professor is amazing. How is he any different than the guy who invented the Transistor and was a big racist Schokly - oh the transistor was probably the the most significant invention of all time and Noam theories on linguistics are interesting. Oh my bad MIT employed him too. MIT you bunch of racists bastards - keep making cool stuff.


19 posted on 05/31/2017 7:18:00 AM PDT by datricker (Build the wall. If you build it, they won't come - Field of Dreamers)
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It doesn’t surprise me that there are intellectually dishonest fools like Chomsky who continue to laud socialism and attack capitalism despite the fact that all of the available evidence refutes both efforts on his part. What I do find surprising is that anyone would listen to him or give him a platform.


20 posted on 05/31/2017 7:46:21 AM PDT by Brilliant
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