Posted on 08/24/2017 12:28:43 PM PDT by Kaslin
Well, if you want to lose faith in humanity and see the stupidity of hipster liberals in New York City, this is the video for you. Ami Horowitz took to the streets to talk about income inequality with some of the most insufferable people on the planet: progressives. Of course, they all felt it was a critical issue. One man was a member of the Working Families Party in the state. So, which country can we look to for guidance in solving this issue? How about socialist hellhole Venezuela? It’s the nation with rolling blackouts, inadequate medical supplies, no toilet paper, no food, and rampant crime. Venezuelans are looting to survive, where people are eating pets and eating out of trashcans. With food supplies running low, government-run committees have been set up to assisted with distribution, but for those who have criticized the government, no food for you. That’s 21st Century Socialism.
And apparently this is what these kids want (via Daily Wire):
Horowitz then asks the interviewees, all of whom no doubt are "still feeling the Bern," if they think that we should model ourselves on another country that promises "income equality": Venezuela, which, he explains, is in the midst of an economic death spiral to the point where it is experiencing dire food shortages and frequent violence between citizens and police forces. Despite the hellish reality of Venezuela’s failed socialist state, all of his interviewees still thought Venezuela’s day-long food lines would be preferable to the United States’ selfish, "undignified" capitalistic system.
“Even though there’s some downside, there’s some violence there and some food lines," Horowitz says to bandana guy, "but still everyone has to do the same thing — they wait in line equally."
Though the young man appears to be quite knowledgeable about Venezuela, nodding and agreeing with Horowitz' description of its crisis situation, he still agrees with Horowitz that it’s better to "wait in line equally."
"That is, I think, a fair system," says Horowitz.
"I agree," says bandana guy emphatically.
Interviewee after interviewee agrees that modeling ourselves after Venezuela is a great idea because America is just too unfair and "undignified."
"If you gotta wait in line for stuff, we should all wait in line together," says Horowitz.
Either these people don’t read, don’t care, or don’t know. Regardless, slamming America while idolizing a left wing nation that’s an economic nightmare; that’s progressivism for you.
“the stupidity of hipster liberals in New York City.”
If the couple in the picture are representative, they all need to (i) take a shower, (ii) get a job so they can afford non-”hipster” clothes, and (iii) sue their schools for malpracticing on them.
forgot sucking leftover bones from the neighborhood butcher
“Socialism: Everyone waits in line equally.”
Actually that is not true either.
Communists have special stores hidden away, where they can get goods, while the proletariat stands in line in regular stores for the few items they may have available.
Actually, I live in NJ, commute to NY (though not by car, though I do walk around the city a lot) and drive down to DC often. In my opinion the very worst tailgaters in the United States are Maryland plates in the DC area.
I’ll take your word for it. I’m usually not so definitively and sweepingly critical, but I”m so tired of the urban left looking down their noses at everyone who doesn’t think like them. It’s much more than just annoying.
Big “ED” would go into hyper drive to make sure that the tots would never see such a thing.
I forgot about those special pigs that are more equal.
Hey I resent that. I’m not one of those “progressive” morons
Sounds like communism to me.
Unfortunately they do vote, I am afraid.
I agree with you about the urban left. And they stretch from DC up to Boston. NY is their east-coast capital, of course, it’s just when anyone specifically mentions tail-gating I think of DC-area Maryland drivers.
That picture of the starving elephant in the Venezuelan zoo broke my heart. If I were God, I’d strike them all dead for creating that mess.
I think that they are at that point. As you say it’s inevitable.
No idea who ,what or where Venezuela is
Dear Progressives,
Your revocation of your US Citizenship is hereby accepted.
Well when the only thing you have to compare to Venezuela is NYC, it’s not surprising you’d draw those conclusions.
I won’t have money for food until next week yet I have no plans to eat my dogs.
So there.
In fact, you will never see him, just like you will never see the inside of Al Gores Private Jet or his Mansions.
They take theirs before they let you have the leftovers. In his Film, Michael Moore visited the Elites Hospital in Cuba, not the Leftovers Hospital.
If there are those who think Venezuela is a “better” place to be,then they need to go there. The rest of us won’t miss them.
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