{"id":14966,"date":"2018-09-24T02:18:17","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T09:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=14966"},"modified":"2018-09-24T02:18:17","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T09:18:17","slug":"what-does-a-socialist-dictator-do-when-people-flee-blame-the-wreckers-while-living-high-on-the-hog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2018\/09\/24\/what-does-a-socialist-dictator-do-when-people-flee-blame-the-wreckers-while-living-high-on-the-hog\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does A Socialist Dictator Do When People Flee?  Blame The &#8220;Wreckers&#8221; While Living High On The Hog!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;What do you get when you combine <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KalebPrime\/status\/1039201923348488194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hyperinflation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/in-venezuela-huge-hike-in-minimum-wage-forces-40-of-stores-to-close\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mass unemployment<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-venezuela-schools\/classrooms-near-empty-as-school-starts-in-crisis-stricken-venezuela-idUSKCN1LX2C7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">destroyed education system<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/venezuela-murder-toll-worse-war-zones-amnesty-200647422.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">murder rates<\/a> that make war zones look safe?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" align=\"center\">In just one week:<br \/>Loaf of sandwich bread went from 2.1m to 6m <\/p>\n<p>Coca Cola went from 6m to 12m<\/p>\n<p>Can&#39;t find bar soap anywhere. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wfPuGJuN2C\">pic.twitter.com\/wfPuGJuN2C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kaleb (@KalebPrime) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KalebPrime\/status\/1039201923348488194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A hellhole that people are <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/venezuela-misery-of-mothers-fleeing-with-young-babies-amid-countrys-collapse-11482957\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trying to escape<\/a> from no matter what, despite even countries that Venezuela doesn&#8217;t even border need to crack down on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2018\/08\/venezuela-migrant-crisis-peru-imposes-entry-restrictions-180826064211393.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wave of refugees<\/a>. Of course, considering that this has led to a <a href=\"https:\/\/panampost.com\/mamela-fiallo\/2018\/08\/30\/venezuelan-healthcare-shutdown-leads-to-measles-epidemic-in-brazil\/?cn-reloaded=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">measles epidemic<\/a> in Brazil, it is understandable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Some are wondering if Venezuela will <a href=\"http:\/\/strategypage.com\/on_point\/201808290494.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explode before it implodes<\/a>. It is already <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/steve_hanke\/status\/1038467975773339649\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exploding, literally<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watch this power plant in Venezuela blow up.  Venezuela is consuming all its capital stock at a rapid rate.  The country is literally collapsing.  Back in the USSR! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ElFC3un608\">pic.twitter.com\/ElFC3un608<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Prof. Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/steve_hanke\/status\/1038467975773339649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Regardless, it&#8217;s hard to &#8220;explode&#8221; when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/venezuela-arrests-131-accused-economic-sabotage-224652708.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dissenters are being rounded<\/a> up as <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Kulaks and<\/span> &#8220;wreckers&#8221;.\u00a0\u00a0 And all the while Maduro leads the way by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/nicolas-maduro-ate-steak-at-salt-bae-restaurant-venezuela-starves-2018-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">living high on the hog<\/a>&#8230; or perhaps more accurately, living like a hog&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Animal-Farm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"298\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Animal-Farm.jpg 449w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Animal-Farm-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\"><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatblog\"><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalhat\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"What Does A Socialist Dictator Do When People Flee?  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In just one week:Loaf of sandwich bread went from 2.1m to 6m Coca Cola went from 6m &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2018\/09\/24\/what-does-a-socialist-dictator-do-when-people-flee-blame-the-wreckers-while-living-high-on-the-hog\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[19,65,48],"class_list":["post-14966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-progressives","tag-communism","tag-doom","tag-social-justice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14966"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14969,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14966\/revisions\/14969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}