This is the typical "disease" of South and Central American democracy. Voters want to have a Northern European welfare state. And who could blame them? But t

This is the typical "disease" of South and Central American democracy. Voters want to have a Northern European welfare state. And who could blame them? But they don't have the economy they need for a Northern European welfare state. Eventually Maduro will be replaced in a coup, or there will be a communist revolution. After a few years the government will transition to (mostly) free market democracy again, and we'll see a repeat of the whole cycle.