Venezuela is about to bite the dust...

[SSGSAD]

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The State of Venezuela owns Citgo. As such, the government owns it, and therefore whoever owns the government owns it. If Venezuela devolves, then whoever owns the refinery and the oil fields owns it.

Thank You, I should have guessed that .....

 

[actaeon277]

 

[AmmoManAaron]

Venezuelan gov't just seized all of GM's assets in that country - all vehicles, offices, etc. were illegally taken by this socialist scum. Wonder if Trump will do anything about it considering that GM is an American company? I know Exxon fought a similar battle in the courts for years - not sure whatever happened with that.

ETA: Not going to do the Venezuelans much good since GM immediately halted operations there. All (or most) of the parts to assemble the vehicles are shipped to the assembly plant(s) from somewhere else. No parts = useless building(s).

 

[AmmoManAaron]

Tucker Carlson: Venezuela and the value of the 2nd Ammendment. Good video regarding the mess in Venezuela right now. This is the future we are fighting against right now folks - oppose socialism with everything you have or this will be the fate of our own beloved nation.

Tucker: Venezuela teaches the value of the Second Amendment | On Air Videos | Fox News

 

[BluePig]

One other thing I just remembered was having to pay to leave the country.
The fee varied from airport to airport, it changed daily and it had to be in cash (Ven B's).
I remember the individual that was acting as our guide askes us if we would leave our US $ behind with him to use.
He was trying to get his family out of the country and needed all the $ he could get.
Apparently US $ worked much better than their own $.
He paid us back a few weeks later when he visited our company, but the whole idea was awakening to say the least.
Hope he got out of there, it sure sounds like it is going to get worse.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

And here's what MSNBC's hot take looks like.

 

[Route 45]

Fake news.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

The Official Socialist Party of Great Britain wants you to know that Venezuela isn't Socialist... it's Capitalist. That's why it's failing.

 

[T.Lex]

In the Marxist sense, they aren't socialist. Communist probably is more accurate.

But, the UK Socialist Party isn't really socialist, either, probably.

 

[NKBJ]

Well, you go up against the Federal Reserve Corporation what do you expect to get?

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

The Official Socialist Party of Great Britain wants you to know that Venezuela isn't Socialist... it's Capitalist. That's why it's failing.

In the Marxist sense, they aren't socialist. Communist probably is more accurate.

But, the UK Socialist Party isn't really socialist, either, probably.

True to form...they keep disavowing all the failed attempts while promising if only they'd do it the right way, life would be a dream.

 

[actaeon277]

True to form...they keep disavowing all the failed attempts while promising if only they'd do it the right way, life would be a dream.

Yup. Just one more time.

Of course, ignoring human nature.

 

[T.Lex]

Marxist "socialism" is a prediction of human nature. While "First World" countries are evolving in the direction Marx predicted (wealth redistribution, etc.) it is difficult to imagine society getting to the unselfish point necessary to actually move from a central government to no government.

 

[SEIndSAM]

Nice article. In Venezuela, The Fruits Of Socialism Are? No Fruit (Or Any Other Food)

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Venezuelan Pres. Maduro orders 60 percent increase in the country's minimum wage amid rising protests

Yay, more worthless currency with which to buy nonexistent goods. That'll do it!

Venezuela's Maduro hikes minimum wage amid rising protests - ABC News

 

[spencer rifle]

At least they can keep warm on those long, cold tropical nights:

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Venezuelans have learned the phalanx technique.

 

[Route 45]

[video=youtube;TTYz439cA5w]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTYz439cA5w[/video]

Mmmmm.....Lagertha

 

[T.Lex]

Ba da bah, everything old is new again!

 

[ArcadiaGP]

NBC News tweets video of a venezuelan "tank" running over protesters.

You gotta run over some people with tanks to create a workers' paradise.

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/860227665432915969