Found here. Short version: why is Venezuela running out of beer? Because of Communism, of course. Excuse me: ‘hard socialism,’ or whatever the fig leaf is.
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Found here. Short version: why is Venezuela running out of beer? Because of Communism, of course. Excuse me: ‘hard socialism,’ or whatever the fig leaf is.
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Theose poor people of Venezuela, having to face “hard socialism” sober. We should start the: Humanitarian Venezuela Beer Run.
Not if they voted themselves into it. If it was imposed at gunpoint, then I could see wanting to help them out. On the third hand, providing them with beer would retard any societal pressure for positive change…
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* Comment offered with tongue firmly in cheek. I really have nothing but sympathy for suffering of the Venezuelan people, but that doesn’t come with any real answers to their problems, so…. my sympathy and a buck fifty will buy you a cup of cheap coffee?
Not if they voted themselves into it. On the other hand, if it was forced on them at gunpoint, I can see hooking them up. ON the third hand, providing them with beer will dull the edge of any anger that might be building towards effecting positive societal change….
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Seriously, I have nothing but sympathy for the suffering of the Venezuelan people, where ‘nothing’ includes
any kind of simple solutions to their problems.
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*Dadgummit, why can’t we have an edit comment feature for those times when the ‘submit’ button is accidentally clicked?
Even in 1984, all of the 3 superstate understood that they may not have to feed the prole, but they do need to either liquored or drugged the masses up. Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela can’t even fulfill that.