Interesting info! Goes into the reason for food shortages in a socialist system, though it could have explored production problems a bit more. I’m not an economist, so correct me if this is wrong, but here’s my take. If you legislate that people cannot afford to produce—much less actually make $ producing—production ceases, or virtually so. Then the *real* shortages set in.
& btw, with Hugo gone, things in Venezuela have only gotten worse. It’s telling that, per the article I linked, the Venezuelan gov won’t allow peaceful protests—not even of the absence of crucial food items. Perhaps that is a big part of the appeal of socialism? That along with ‘income redistribution’ you also get as much power over a citizenry as you want.
For example, a group of peaceful women, banging on empty pots to signify the lack of basic food, are countered with armed guards. Anybody enamored of control is going to fall head over heels for that type of government. Says something really bad about human nature, doesn’t it?
Do they call it "racist" or a "hate crime?"