- Feb 6, 2011
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The only thing capitalists would do differently in Venezuela is slaughter and enslave the the poor. There are plenty of capitalist countries in South America, that are much worse off but you will never hear a right winger blame capitalism for that
Blame capitalism not socialism for Venezuela's crisisThe biggest problem is the collapsing price of oil, Venezuela’s main export.When the oil price was high Chavez could fund anti-poverty programmes without confronting the rich. Maduro can no longer do this.
Meanwhile severe drought has rendered the hydroelectric dams that power Venezuela useless. Neither of these problems are former bus worker Maduro’s doing.
Of course, a decade of relying on oil revenue didn’t help. But Venezuela’s rulers were simply following the absurd capitalist logic about what a resource-rich country should do in a time of high prices.
The only thing the Venezuelan right and its US and European imperialist backers would have changed was letting the poor get a share.
Today’s crisis would be far worse in a Venezuela with no food subsidies or price controls.
Hey doofy, show me real statistics when Venezuela FLOURISHED under capitalism of your ASININE post..