It was only a few years ago that all the major thought leaders were promoting Venezuela as the epitome of modern socialism. Now, like every other example of soc

It was only a few years ago that all the major thought leaders were promoting Venezuela as the epitome of modern socialism. Now, like every other example of socialism, we're being told it isn't "real" socialism. The data is in, when the state (in the name of the people) controls the means of production, lots of people die, votes don't count, and Cuban mercenaries will be brought in to quell the dissent.