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Title: Venezuela's Socialism...And Ours
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Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity
URL Source: http://ronpaulinstitute.org/archive ... /venezuelas-socialismand-ours/
Published: Oct 1, 2018
Author: Ron Paul
Post Date: 2018-10-02 06:27:57 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 1817
Comments: 13
This week we witnessed the horrible spectacle of Nikki Haley, President Trump’s Ambassador to the United Nations, joining a protest outside the UN building and calling for the people of Venezuela to overthrow their government.
“We are going to fight for Venezuela,” she shouted through a megaphone, “we are going to continue doing it until Maduro is gone.”
This is the neocon mindset: that somehow the US has the authority to tell the rest of the world how to live and who may hold political power regardless of elections.
After more than a year of Washington being crippled by evidence-free claims that the Russians have influenced our elections, we have a senior US Administration official openly calling for the overturning of elections overseas.
Imagine if President Putin’s national security advisor had grabbed a megaphone in New York and called for the people of the United States to overthrow their government by force!
At the UN, Venezuela’s President Maduro accused the Western media of hyping up the crisis in his country to push the cause for another “humanitarian intervention.” Some may laugh at such a claim, but recent history shows that interventionists lie to push regime change, and the media goes right along with the lies.
Remember the lies about Gaddafi giving Viagra to his troops to help them rape their way through Libya? Remember the “babies thrown from incubators” and “mobile chemical labs” in Iraq? Judging from past practice, there is probably some truth in Maduro’s claims.
We know socialism does not work. It is an economic system based on the use of force rather than economic freedom of choice. But while many Americans seem to be in a panic over the failures of socialism in Venezuela, they don’t seem all that concerned that right here at home President Trump just signed a massive $1.3 trillion dollar spending bill that delivers socialism on a scale that Venezuelans couldn’t even imagine. In fact this one spending bill is three times Venezuela’s entire gross domestic product!
Did I miss all the Americans protesting this warfare-welfare state socialism?
Why all the neocon and humanitarian-interventionist “concern” for the people of Venezuela? One clue might be the fact that Venezuela happens to be sitting on the world’s largest oil reserves. More even than Saudi Arabia. There are plenty of countries pursuing dumb economic policies that result in plenty of suffering, but Nikki and the neocons are nowhere to be found when it comes to “concern” for these people. Might it be a bit about this oil?
Don’t believe this feigned interest in helping the Venezuelan people. If Washington really cared about Venezuelans they would not be plotting regime change for the country, considering that each such “liberation” elsewhere has ended with the people being worse off than before!
No, if Washington – and the rest of us - really cared about Venezuelans we would demand an end to the terrible US economic sanctions on the country - which only make a bad situation worse - and would push for far more engagement and trade. And maybe we’d even lead by example, by opposing the real, existing socialism here at home before seeking socialist monsters to slay abroad.
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#1. To: hondo68, misterwhite, GrandIsland, Justified, Trump cultists (#0)
It's only "socialism" when another country does it.
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. The big nanny state global gov, fake humanitarian, Barbary Pirates socialists are the worst. Loot, pillage and terrorize the world because, humanitarian regime change. Every bit as fake as Kerry, Hillary, Lieberman and Obama. President Trump is carry on the Wacko Bird tradition at home and abroad. Hillary could have done that.
The United States has a $20 trillion economy of which the federal government contributes $1.3 trillion. Hardly socialism.
The problem is even if they remove him they are still stuck with stupid people voting which means they will vote in socialism. Socialism in any form leads to corruption which leads to poverty! Capitalism pulls people out of poverty while socialism puts people in poverty. Its just that simple.
It's only "socialism" when another country does it. He really doesn't have much choice. What should he do? Kill the economy to make a point? Kill the tide that is pushing the government closer to Laissez-faire and killing the demoncrats?
Kill the economy to make a point? Whoa there, you think that reducing or eliminating socialist wealth spread would kill the economy? You couldn't be more wrong, socialism destroys! NYC commies
Over half that spending is for the military. Because of that, Trump is able to negotiate from strength with countries like North Korea, Iran, Russia and China. I'm guessing Deckard considers that to be socialism and would get rid of it.
Good luck with that! For one it would kill the economy because people and companies depend on it. That means they would have to layoff millions of people and again kill the economy. So how are you going to get around the massive layoffs that will snowball into even more layoffs? Unless you just want socialism/communism because every freaked out unemployed person will be demanding more government. Trump is doing the best he can with what he has to work with. We must kill the demoncrats which hold a deathgrip on social programs. We break them we can start making real cuts in social programs and shoring up companies here that actually employ Americans(not social programs but American first laws and regulations).
You can’t expect that asshole to admit he SPUN facts and created a fake news YELLA atmosphere with his never Trump bias bullshit.
I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
He is a true libertarian that does not believe in government action except in actually attacks against US soil. Would never do a damn thing if Russia China and Mexico were a massing to attack at the southern border. This is one of the many flaws with extreme libertarian views.
Kill the economy to make a point? You can’t expect that asshole to admit he SPUN facts and created a fake news YELLA atmosphere with his never Trump bias bullshit.
I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. Gee Ron Paul is a retard. Rand needs to put the geezer in a mental hospital.
President Trump just signed a massive $1.3 trillion dollar spending bill that delivers socialism on a scale that Venezuelans couldn’t even imagine.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#2. To: Deckard, fake humanitarians, Trumpanzees, regime change neocon globalists (#0)
#3. To: Deckard (#1)
It's only "socialism" when another country does it.
#4. To: Deckard (#0)
#5. To: Deckard, hondo68, misterwhite, GrandIsland, Justified, libertarian cultists (#1)
President Trump just signed a massive $1.3 trillion dollar spending bill that delivers socialism on a scale that Venezuelans couldn’t even imagine.
#6. To: Justified, closet Bernie Bro (#5)
He really doesn't have much choice. What should he do?
#7. To: Justified (#5)
He really doesn't have much choice. What should he do?
#8. To: hondo68 (#6)
Whoa there, you think that reducing or eliminating socialist wealth spread would kill the economy?
#9. To: misterwhite (#3)
The United States has a $20 trillion economy of which the federal government contributes $1.3 trillion. Hardly socialism.
#10. To: misterwhite (#7)
#11. To: Justified (#5)
He really doesn't have much choice. What should he do?
#12. To: GrandIsland (#9)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#13. To: Deckard (#0)
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