Very good read. I have a soft-spot for Venezuela and it's collapse. Its fascinating watching a country make the same mistakes as dozens of countries before th

Very good read. I have a soft-spot for Venezuela and it's collapse. Its fascinating watching a country make the same mistakes as dozens of countries before them have. History repeats and repeats, even though we have trivial access to it today through the internet. I always find it odd when people speak of Venezuela never seem to talk about the failures of Socialism. They seem to blame the failures on violence or authoritarian regimes. But how are you supposed to "seize the means of production" without authoritarianism? The author of this article mentions Marxism: > The Venezuelan government calls itself Marxist, too, but also seems to spend more time dreaming up ways to make a buck than on anything like a revolution. I would love to hear more of their opinions on Marxism. But this article seemed more about a journey than why the journey was necessary.