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Venezuelan security forces have carried out hundreds of arbitrary killings under the guise of fighting crime, the UN's human rights body says.
originally posted by: projectvxn
Venezuelan security forces have carried out hundreds of arbitrary killings under the guise of fighting crime, the UN's human rights body says.
Venezuela crisis: UN says security forces killed hundreds
Socialism. Ideas so good they have to be mandatory.
If you don't follow in lock-step, then they kill you.
Central and South America, the Carribean nation of Cuba, and much of the Eastern Bloc are prime examples of why socialism is a screwed ideology.
Here's another example of it failing...But, don't worry guys:
originally posted by: Isurrender73
originally posted by: projectvxn
Venezuelan security forces have carried out hundreds of arbitrary killings under the guise of fighting crime, the UN's human rights body says.
Venezuela crisis: UN says security forces killed hundreds
Socialism. Ideas so good they have to be mandatory.
If you don't follow in lock-step, then they kill you.
Central and South America, the Carribean nation of Cuba, and much of the Eastern Bloc are prime examples of why socialism is a screwed ideology.
Here's another example of it failing...But, don't worry guys:
Get educated.
Venezuela took out big loans. The price of oil tanked. Venezuela defaulted on loans.
WTF does poor banking and the price of oil have to do with any God-Damm ism? When you borrow more than ypu can pay you go bankrupt. Apparently you think this is unique to Socialism.
But wait the world is approximately 250 Trillion in debt to banks. In the US we are 20 Trillion in debt. How long before we can't make the payments? I guess capitalism is a failure too by this stupid logic.
originally posted by: Allaroundyou
a reply to: Metallicus
Let me help ya there buddy. I believe you meant to say that any and all types of governing ends in disasters. The US will fall just as all empires do.
originally posted by: SR1TX
originally posted by: Allaroundyou
a reply to: Metallicus
Let me help ya there buddy. I believe you meant to say that any and all types of governing ends in disasters. The US will fall just as all empires do.
Government does not always end in disaster...Government, IS disaster.
The point is for your economy to be multi faceted so one thing does not bring you down like USSR
originally posted by: BlueJacket
a reply to: Isurrender73
absolutely has to do with socialism and its inherent flaw of sucking empowerment of the individual away to the point no new revenue is created and the corrupt central government collapses on itself.
Apparently you think this is unique to Socialism.
originally posted by: Isurrender73
originally posted by: BlueJacket
a reply to: Isurrender73
absolutely has to do with socialism and its inherent flaw of sucking empowerment of the individual away to the point no new revenue is created and the corrupt central government collapses on itself.
Venezuela $60 billion debt.
USA $20 trillion debt.
If the world didn't need the US and our currency we would be in the same situation as Venezuela.
Absolutely has to do with Capitalism and it's inherent flaw of allowing the 1% to suck the empowerment of the individual to the point that no new revenue is created and the corrupt central government implodes on itself.
originally posted by: projectvxn
a reply to: Isurrender73
Apparently you think this is unique to Socialism.
Debt isn't a unique characteristic of socialism.
But the conditions that have lead to this mess are certainly germane to it.
I think it's funny that you're in here defending the socialist regime of Venezuela and their crap policies and skimming over all the crap Chavez and Maduro have done to create the situation the people of Venezuela are in now.