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hoolstoptheheels

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It's definitely not that simple. Life was not hunky dory for everyone in


Venezuela. That's what gave Chavez his opening. A large segment of voters who felt disenfranchised, and who were dirt poor.

The funny thing is, it is exactly what Trump did. Identify a group of voters who feel vulnerable, and tell them what they want to hear to win their votes. I like that Trump points to Venezuela as a bogeyman, but in the end, he came to power in very similar fashion. He's not a socialist, but he is by no means a hands off free market capitalist either.

Irony of Dan's post IMO: if we were to stop obsessing over this word "socialism", the recent history of Venezuela should provide more cautionary tales about Trumpism than about anyone in the dem field right now.

(In response to this post by Seattle .Hoo)

Posted: 07/08/2019 at 1:37PM



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  Venezuela works as an example of that. -- hoolstoptheheels 07/08/2019 12:48PM
  Yes on Venezuela ** -- HokieDan95 07/08/2019 1:02PM
  It always is. ** -- hoolstoptheheels 07/08/2019 1:07PM
  "because of"? no, socialism is a tool of control ** -- HokieDan95 07/08/2019 12:34PM
  Give some examples of what you mean by that. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/08/2019 12:35PM
  I agree. I will never embrace socialism as a governing system. -- hoolstoptheheels 07/08/2019 12:12PM
  Well documented in the book "How Democracies Die." ** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/08/2019 11:33AM
  Its like pornography...you know it when you see it ** -- Tuckahokie 07/08/2019 10:47AM
  Complete control ** -- HokieDan95 07/08/2019 10:29AM
  Agree, & that’s not 95’s point ** -- WaxHoo 07/08/2019 11:07AM
  He doesn’t know what it means ** -- 111Balz 07/08/2019 10:38AM

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