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originally posted by: hutch622
a reply to: nOraKat
So does this mean if you sold your house by the end of the week you could not buy a loaf of bread .
originally posted by: Ksihkehe
a reply to: nOraKat
This has been happening for a while and the writing was on the wall long before.
I often wonder how this escapes the notice of people that keep up on the news.
originally posted by: Tyrion79
Here's a couple of links of embargo's:
www.miamiherald.com...
President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law legislation that will allow him to freeze assets and deny or revoke visas of Venezuelan officials responsible for violence and human rights violations in the wake of anti-government protests early this year.
csis.org...
(Interesting article on multiple aspects).
originally posted by: ProxyBear22
The food shortage could be the result of the legalization of marijuana bill Venezuela passed earlier this year.
originally posted by: Robert Reynolds
So the point is that Socialism is a system less capable of delaying the inevitable demise of civilisation? Can the West's capitalism carry on the way it's going?
originally posted by: SlapMonkey
Ketsuko beat me to it, but this truly is what the culmination of years of socialism looks like. While Robert Reynolds says that end-stage capitalism might look similar, that's not the point at all, because our capitalism isn't at its end (yet?).
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: nOraKat
This is end stage socialism.
Look well those of you who think socialism is great.
originally posted by: Robert Reynolds
That's some nice cherry-picking. Did they teach you that at the lodge?