{"id":5015,"date":"2014-02-15T01:40:25","date_gmt":"2014-02-15T08:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=5015"},"modified":"2014-02-16T15:34:59","modified_gmt":"2014-02-16T22:34:59","slug":"venezuela-heading-down-the-same-road-that-other-socialist-utopias-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2014\/02\/15\/venezuela-heading-down-the-same-road-that-other-socialist-utopias-have\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela Heading Down the Same Road that Other Socialist Utopias Have"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The common refrain from socialists and fanciers of Communism, when confronted with inevitable decent into tyranny and oppression that Communist and far Left socialist states suffer, is that it just wasn&#8217;t done &#8220;properly.&#8221;\u00a0 Yet the reason that these states fall into tyranny and oppression is because they <em>are<\/em> &#8220;done right&#8221; \u2014 Tyranny and oppression are the natural result of those policies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\" align=\"center\">\n<p>No he visto imagen m\u00e1s fuerte que esta.. Sin palabras <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23PrayForVenezuela&amp;src=hash\">#PrayForVenezuela<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/oU6hdkvEgT\">pic.twitter.com\/oU6hdkvEgT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; #YoSoyVenezolana (@itsValeriaMerlo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsValeriaMerlo\/statuses\/433770938182930432\">February 13, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Venezuela has fallen far down the hole of authoritarian tyranny to an almost cartoonish super-villain level, such as creating a &#8220;<a title=\"Vice Ministry of Supreme Social Happiness\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2013\/10\/28\/vice-ministry-of-supreme-social-happiness\/\">Vice-Ministry of Supreme Social Happiness<\/a>.&#8221;\u00a0 Venezuela has run out of many important <a title=\"Another Socialized Medicine \u201cSuccess\u201d Story\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2013\/11\/12\/another-socialized-medicine-success-story\/\">medical supplies<\/a> and even <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/business\/2013\/05\/16\/venezuela-toilet-paper-chavez\/2165405\/\" target=\"_blank\">toilet pape<\/a>r.\u00a0 Their incompetence has even led to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/report-on-business\/industry-news\/energy-and-resources\/the-venezuelan-oil-bust\/article16771856\/\" target=\"_blank\">their oil industry collapsing<\/a>, proving that even a profitable industry can be destroyed by utopian socialists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dictator\/President Nicola Maduro has already ordered the nationaliztion of many industries and media, while oppressing many small businesses who dare even offer the possibility of disagreeing with the declared socialist utopia, in order to shift the blame to anyone but himself, his policy, and his goons.\u00a0 Venezuela has gotten to the point where they are <a title=\"What\u2019s the Spanish Word for \u201cKulak\u201d?\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2013\/11\/16\/whats-the-spanish-word-for-kulak\/\" target=\"_blank\">arresting<\/a> protest leaders and <a href=\"http:\/\/america.aljazeera.com\/articles\/2014\/2\/13\/venezuela-seeks-protestleadersarrestafterunrestkillsthree.html\" target=\"_blank\">political opposition<\/a> including opposition leader <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/02\/16\/us-venezuela-protests-idUSBREA1F0GJ20140216?feedType=RSS\" target=\"_blank\">Leopoldo Lopez<\/a>.\u00a0 This is no longer working as the hell that Maduro and his predecessor Chavez has crossed the line for the oppressed; they are now fighting back.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Venezuela is not on the edge of <a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2014\/02\/13\/venezuela-on-the-edge-of-collapse\/\" target=\"_blank\">collapse<\/a>, with some going so far as to say that Venezuela is &#8220;on the edge of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/world\/venezuelas-economy-on-the-edge-of-the-apocalypse\/article16845406\/\" target=\"_blank\">apocalypse<\/a>.&#8221;\u00a0 Maduro has shown that Marxist regimes will act like Marxist regimes: Maduro&#8217;s goons are now <a href=\"http:\/\/mypetjawa.mu.nu\/archives\/217696.php\" target=\"_blank\">slaughtering<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-latin-america-26166094\" target=\"_blank\">students<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/news\/articles\/SB10001424052702303704304579381000595339052\" target=\"_blank\">protesters<\/a>.\u00a0 Dissent will be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2014-02-16\/whats-going-venezuela-nutshell\" target=\"_blank\">crushed<\/a>.\u00a0 The regime has even been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z3DS2uxihGk\" target=\"_blank\">caught<\/a> using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8SS2ZN3wG68\" target=\"_blank\">military weaponry<\/a> against the protesters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z3DS2uxihGk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8SS2ZN3wG68\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In summary, we have seen proof of a <a href=\"http:\/\/daniel-venezuela.blogspot.com\/2014\/02\/a-new-landmark-date-for-repression-in.html\" target=\"_blank\">Marxist dictatorshi<\/a>p:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today we saw all the hallmarks of repression from a dictatorship:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>media censorship and closing of whoever had to be closed<\/li>\n<li>ignorance of the reality as the regime pretends all is fine though an official function (Titanic like orchestra?)<\/li>\n<li>brutal and disproportionate repression by police and army<\/li>\n<li>arrests by the dozen<\/li>\n<li>crimes through pro regime storm troopers<\/li>\n<li>pictures of assassinated people popping up on twitter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Is it any surprise that the broader media are <a href=\"http:\/\/caracaschronicles.com\/2014\/02\/12\/where-is-a-crew-of-irish-documentarians-when-you-most-need-them\/\" target=\"_blank\">ignoring<\/a> what is going on, and trying to pretend that this is just a case of &#8220;wreckers&#8221; and American plots to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/southamerica\/venezuela\/10636911\/Army-sent-in-to-Venezuelan-cities-as-unrest-prompts-coup-warning.html\" target=\"_blank\">overthrow a people&#8217;s utopia<\/a> and screeching about illegal coups?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the elitist\/Leftist media had to go without necessities such as toilet paper, they would be protesting too.\u00a0 But they don&#8217;t because they live in &#8220;oppressive&#8221; Capitalist countries that have created the prosperity that they leech off of.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Venezuela_Dead.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Venezuela Dead\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Venezuela_Dead.jpg 437w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Venezuela_Dead-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1px) 100vw, 1px\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\"><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatblog\"><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalhat\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Venezuela Heading Down the Same Road that Other Socialist Utopias Have\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The common refrain from socialists and fanciers of Communism, when confronted with inevitable decent into tyranny and oppression that Communist and far Left socialist states suffer, is that it just wasn\u2019t done 'properly.'  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