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America is doing just fine
It's your socialist dictatorships that are failing.
originally posted by: AtlasHawk
a reply to: Propagandalf
America is doing just fine
Economically not for very long.
It's your socialist dictatorships that are failing.
Ah yes because Crony Capitalism and Capitalism is always proven to better to right? the same Capitalism that is making people poorer and the rich even richer?
originally posted by: AtlasHawk
a reply to: Propagandalf
You know that Right Winger that got into power in Brazil right? that you Trump supporters worship him?
Your beloved Jair Bolsonaro wants to cut down all of the rainforests and its protections to make way for business. That is not cool.
The people throughout the entire world are wealthier than they've ever been
They're eating their own trash.
originally posted by: AtlasHawk
a reply to: Propagandalf
The people throughout the entire world are wealthier than they've ever been
Only the rich throughout the entire world are wealthier. Ordinary people are not wealthier. There many families in Western Europe and in North America who only make 5k to 10k but not enough for a financial holdings.
Ordinary people work at two or more jobs just to pay off their rents and to buy food. So its clear your just defending the rich by making that statement.
originally posted by: XAnarchistX
a reply to: AtlasHawk
it only counts if they don't like the new oppressor, many might agree with Bolsonaro, so they turn a blind eye to the "people" and follow their crush
in, Turn, if something is to be believed to be socialism (which it isn't) needs the USA to stop the oppression and free the "people"
originally posted by: XAnarchistX
a reply to: Propagandalf
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea
want to argue that North Korea is Democratic?
On 1 May, in Cojedes state, Maduro threatened taking action against supermarkets and food centers nationwide if they increased the prices of products in the following days, declaring that after the 20 May election "I'll be president anyway...by hook or by crook"".[87][88] On 2 May, Maduro warned in a campaign rally in Vargas state that if a "capitalist government" that handed over the country's resources were to be installed, he would take up arms himself to defend the revolution, stating "I would take a rifle to start the armed revolution. These people will never stand for a sellout and capitalist government, that is why we have to prepare ourselves to defend in peace the sovereignty and democracy of Venezuela",[89] On 18 May, Maduro stated "Venezuela has become the focus and the elections in a world election ... I will accept the results, whatever they are".[90] He said that his opponent Henri Falcón was the International Monetary Fund's candidate.
Maduro affirmed not to care about the position of the countries that declared that they will dismiss the presidential elections, saying "What f''k do I give that Europe does not recognize me, that Washington does not recognize me. I care about what the Venezuelan people say".
[91] On 11 May President Maduro said, during a campaign rally in Trujillo state, "Imperialism, go f''k yourself with your orders because here in Venezuela the sovereign people rules".[92] Before a campaign rally in Charallave on 15 May 2018, President Maduro's group handed out free mangoes to supporters suffering from hunger who had arrived at the event.[93]
On 16 May President Maduro said that he foresaw a "great victory" and accused the US and France of trying to "put pressure on the country" to overthrow his government, saying "The Ku Klux Klan of Washington is pursuing us". Maduro also blamed Venezuela's economic difficulties on "the economic forces of the United States" and the "oligarchy that did not conform when it lost political power".[94]
On 24 May, Maduro took oath among the Constituent Assembly, a ceremony that should have taken place in January 2018 with the opposition-led National Assembly in accordance with Article 231 of the Venezuelan constitution.[137] The National Assembly rejected the election's results, calling them an "electoral farce"[138] and declared that Maduro must be considered "a usurper".[139] However, Maduro's new six-year term did not begin until 10 January 2019, when he took his official oath at a public ceremony in Caracas in front of the Venezuelan Supreme Court.[140] The ceremony was attended by spectators such as Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and president of Bolivia Evo Morales.[140] The elections were widely disputed both within Venezuela and in the broader international community. In January 2019, the National Assembly declared the results of the election invalid, and invoked clauses of the 1999 Venezuelan Constitution to install National Assembly Speaker Juan Guaidó as acting president, precipitating the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis. Maduro's supporters refused to acknowledge the move,
and Guaidó was placed under arrest for a short time (the details of which are under dispute).
Several international organizations and independent countries have lined up to support either side of the conflict, and the former Supreme Tribunal of Justice of Venezuela, in exile in Panama since 2017, has given its support to the legitimacy of the National Assembly's moves.
On 13 January, Guaidó was briefly detained by Venezuelan security forces, with each side claiming the other party was responsible; Maduro's supporters claimed the arrest was staged while Guaidó called the arrest an attempt to stop the National Assembly from assuming power. Maduro's government states that the actions taken against him are "the results of imperialism perpetrated by the United States and allies" that put Venezuela "at the centre of a world war".[38]
The Venezuelan opposition justifies its actions, stating that both the national and international community must unite behind a transitional government that will guarantee humanitarian aid, bring the restoration of Venezuela's rule of law, and have the ability to hold democratic elections.[39]
originally posted by: AtlasHawk
Only the rich throughout the entire world are wealthier. Ordinary people are not wealthier. There many families in Western Europe and in North America who only make 5k to 10k but not enough for a financial holdings.
Ordinary people work at two or more jobs just to pay off their rents and to buy food. So its clear your just defending the rich by making that statement.
originally posted by: pexx421
So, you’re trying to tell me that over the last 20 years, 10 of which was the Great Recession for most of the world, that the average standard of living has increased? I think your statistics or definitions are off. Probably in the same vein that you actually believe that 95.5% of Americans are gainfully employed. At any rate, the nation with the greatest growth in standards of living, as industrialized nations go, is China, who largely claim to be communist. They have over 1 billion people, and I can see their growing middle class would probably be a large part of your statistic, but I wouldn’t put that on the side of capitalism.
originally posted by: pexx421
a reply to: Xtrozero
Sorry, I don’t think any of that is terribly relevant, and I also think the idea of someone living off $4 a day vs 8 a day being a drastic difference is flawed. I’ve seen people on the street here living as bad as someone in the third world. And I’m sure there are plenty aboriginals who live off $0 a day who have happier, less stress filled lives than those of us in the industrialized nations.
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