Corruption and authoritarianism destroyed that country. Thus, Venezuela is a warning against giving power to Republicans.
LOL!!!!
You are looking at the results, and calling it the cause.
Corruption didn't cause Venezuela to implode. Socialism caused Venezuela to implode. Corruption is the result of socialism.
Two reasons for this.
1. Socialism is naturally the concentration of power, and power corrupt. Always has, always will.
2. People in power are never going to live like the public. If the economy crashes, they will find ways to keep themselves enriched.
People in power will either keep themselves rich by engaging in Capitalism legally, or they will keep themselves rich in Socialism through corruption.
By the way, this is true of all people in Socialism. Socialism makes everyone a criminal. The black market for food in Venezuela is rampant across the country. Because people will starve if they don't engage in the black market.
Same in Cuba. It's widely known people have alternate currency there... totally illegal because it subverts the socialist system.
Everyone engages in corruption under Socialism, because Socialism always fails.