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With the Supreme Court in the pocket of the dictatorship, there's very little hope for Venezuela. The totalitarian ascent to power was applauded by the armchai

With the Supreme Court in the pocket of the dictatorship, there's very little hope for Venezuela. The totalitarian ascent to power was applauded by the armchair revolutionaries of the left wing intelligentsia in South America and elsewhere. There is a time when you have to stop being naive and believing this is "good intentions gone bad". What's happening in Venezuela and almost happened in Argentina and Brazil is exactly what the totalitarians want: to seize power and sustain the political elite. All, of course, in the name of the masses.

marcoperaza 10y ago
>The totalitarian ascent to power was applauded by the armchair revolutionaries of the left wing intelligentsia in South America and elsewhere. Don't forget former US President Jimmy Carter, who rubber stamped Chavez's rigged[1] elections and even wrote an obituary gushing with praise and admiration for the evil tyrant. [1] There's better ways to rig an election than stuffing ballot boxes. That's so primitive and risky. The modern way to rig an election is to control the media, force or entice them to say nothing but positive things about you, while burying your opponents with false or misleading claims.