The Solicialist Utopia of Venezuela has Issues...

HoustonHusky

Heard this earlier today but just read this on ZH. A total of 193 total cars, buses, and trucks were sold in July...in the entire country. A 99% drop from their peak.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-08-25/chart-day-which-socialist-utopia-has-seen-car-sales-drop-99

You add the craziness of people storming the zoo to find food:
http://fusion.net/story/330834/hungry-venezuelans-break-into-zoo-and-butcher-animal-for-meat/

A general mess:
http://money.cnn.com/2016/05/31/news/economy/venezuela-shortage/

People can only find 2 out of every 10 times they are looking for at the store:
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2016/06/03/venezuela-country-where-buying-food-became-adventure/

Recently Maduro said he will fix it by bringing in the Spanish socialist Jesus...
http://www.wsj.com/articles/venezuelas-nicolas-maduro-looks-to-a-marxist-spaniard-for-an-economic-miracle-1470678805

McDonalds won't even sell Big Macs there because they can't find bread suppliers...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-21/mcdonald-s-venezuela-stops-selling-big-mac-on-bread-shortage

And just to bring it back to the current topics on hand, yes...one of Hillary's "key" (really dumb) advisors named Joseph Stiglitz was a really big fan of Venezuela just a few short years ago...


Seriously though...its crazy how there is a large, close country that is turning into a completely failed state with an estimated 700% inflation rate and it isn't getting talked about more in the news. And its only going to get worse.

GrundleStiltzkin

Only here to say fuck Bernie Sanders, with all integrity and honesty & independence & shit.

TierbsHsotBoobs

GrundleStiltzkin said:

Only here to say fuck Bernie Sanders, with all chintegrity and honesty & chindependence & shit.

PurpleJ

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RaceBannon

How do you fuck up a country rich in oil?

Rhetorical

ThomasFremont

PurpleJ said:

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PurpleJ

RaceBannon said:

How do you fuck up a country rich in oil?

Rhetorical

Axe Bush

Sledog

It's never worked and never will. Stupid idealists just keep saying the right people haven't tried it yet, meaning us.

I wish they'd get around to this cowboys and socialist shit i'm not getting any younger!

Baphomet

It seems to be working okay in China. Maybe it works better in countries that weren't brutalized as much by the Catholic church and subverted by our CIA?

2001400ex

You are a giant pussy is you think Venezuela has anything to do with America.

And zero hedge is full of shit.

HTH

Fenderbender123

Government can't run shit well. No surprise.

On the flip side, the fastest growing city in India has no functional government.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Fastest-growing-city-slowest-moving-too/articleshow/49265874.cms

http://ideas.ted.com/skyscrapers-but-no-sewage-system-meet-a-city-run-by-private-industry/

And yeah, I get it...they have no sewage! There's traffic problems! Sure, every city has problems...especially in India. And honestly, they do get the sewage out via transportation, and could form a sewage system once it's profitably.

But how can you argue with the fact that so many people in India are eager to move there? It's obviously less of a shithole than all the cities that have a functional government in that country.

It's the same shit with Somalia...Somalia is a shithole, sure...but it's become LESS of a shithole since the government was all but dismantled. That's what people fail to look at...

Fenderbender123

RaceBannon said:

How do you fuck up a country rich in oil?

Rhetorical

Ask Mexico...

























































...or Canada....

allpurpleallgold

How's democracy working out in Iraq?

2001400ex

Fenderbender123 said:

Government can't run shit well. No surprise.

On the flip side, the fastest growing city in India has no functional government.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Fastest-growing-city-slowest-moving-too/articleshow/49265874.cms

http://ideas.ted.com/skyscrapers-but-no-sewage-system-meet-a-city-run-by-private-industry/

And yeah, I get it...they have no sewage! There's traffic problems! Sure, every city has problems...especially in India. And honestly, they do get the sewage out via transportation, and could form a sewage system once it's profitably.

But how can you argue with the fact that so many people in India are eager to move there? It's obviously less of a shithole than all the cities that have a functional government in that country.

It's the same shit with Somalia...Somalia is a shithole, sure...but it's become LESS of a shithole since the government was all but dismantled. That's what people fail to look at...

Move to India then. Seriously. It's not just that it's a shithole. You can't drink running water, can't even brush your teeth with it. There is broken down shit everywhere. People just throw garbage on the street. I could go on for days on how shitty that place is.

Anyone who wants the capitalist wet dream, move there. America is great because it's a mix of capitalism and government regulation. Every time the ball swings too far one way or the other, the country gets fucked up.

PurpleThrobber

Fenderbender123 said:

RaceBannon said:

How do you fuck up a country rich in oil?

Rhetorical

Ask Mexico...




...or Canada....

I'm fine with how Canadians carry themselves.

Fenderbender123

Here's the thing, Hyundai. Yes, that city is a bigger shithole than anywhere in America. But a country's type of government is not the biggest determinant of standard of living. Culture, work ethic, habits, problem-solving, ability to obtain resources, etc...those are the things that make up our quality of life.

Just like how that city in India is considered a better place to live than other places in India, America would be a much better place too with a government that has a smaller or non-existent role.

Baphomet

2001400ex said:

Fenderbender123 said:

Government can't run shit well. No surprise.

On the flip side, the fastest growing city in India has no functional government.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Fastest-growing-city-slowest-moving-too/articleshow/49265874.cms

http://ideas.ted.com/skyscrapers-but-no-sewage-system-meet-a-city-run-by-private-industry/

And yeah, I get it...they have no sewage! There's traffic problems! Sure, every city has problems...especially in India. And honestly, they do get the sewage out via transportation, and could form a sewage system once it's profitably.

But how can you argue with the fact that so many people in India are eager to move there? It's obviously less of a shithole than all the cities that have a functional government in that country.

It's the same shit with Somalia...Somalia is a shithole, sure...but it's become LESS of a shithole since the government was all but dismantled. That's what people fail to look at...

Move to India then. Seriously. It's not just that it's a shithole. You can't drink running water, can't even brush your teeth with it. There is broken down shit everywhere. People just throw garbage on the street. I could go on for days on how shitty that place is.

Anyone who wants the capitalist wet dream, move there. America is great because it's a mix of capitalism and government regulation. Every time the ball swings too far one way or the other, the country gets fucked up.

You can't drink the water in a lot of places, even in the US, like Flint.

doogie

If they aren't selling cars, maybe they're too expensive and they should lower the price of the car or raise wages enough so the cars are more affordable

2001400ex

Fenderbender123 said:

Here's the thing, Hyundai. Yes, that city is a bigger shithole than anywhere in America. But a country's type of government is not the biggest determinant of standard of living. Culture, work ethic, habits, problem-solving, ability to obtain resources, etc...those are the things that make up our quality of life.

Just like how that city in India is considered a better place to live than other places in India, America would be a much better place too with a government that has a smaller or non-existent role.

If you like rivers that catch on fire, sewage in the water, terrible smog, no infrastructure, etc.

Shut the fuck up. America is great right now. Seriously, what's so intrusive about the government right now that you can't live your life as you want?

TierbsHsotBoobs

Fenderbender123 said:

Here's the thing, Hyundai. Yes, that city is a bigger shithole than anywhere in America. But a country's type of government is not the biggest determinant of standard of living. Culture, work ethic, habits, problem-solving, ability to obtain resources, etc...those are the things that make up our quality of life.

Just like how that city in India is considered a better place to live than other places in India, America would be a much better place too with a government that has a smaller or non-existent role.

It's a shame that the Republicans nominated a big government guy.