05-25-2016, 12:44 PM
(05-25-2016, 07:10 AM)Odin Wrote: The problems in Venezuela is because the leadership is incompetent and increasingly paranoid, a paranoia primed because of the US's history in the region to see an imaginary CIA plot behind every corner, not because of "socialism".
Yes, it is because of socialism. Governments are incompetent anyway so the less power you let them have the better off you are going to be. Your comment is absurd, as usual, because you fail to take in to account the various studies that have been done regarding economic freedom. It is no coincidence that the more socialist and centrally planned an economy is then the poorer it will tend to be. It is also no mere coincidence that US economic growth has gone down as government spending has increased.
Given the history of the US in South and Central America it is not unreasonable to be concerned about the US overthrowing the government in Venezuela.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. -- H.L. Mencken
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises