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Look up their nationalizations since then
It's hardly anything
The largest "socialist" policies were implemented immediately before this article was written
Food distribution was nationalized after 2010, and so were many more industries.
Right now, I don't think it's the same thing as it was in 2010.
It's pretty close honestly
How do you know?
The government is insanely corrupt which doesn't help things but that's about it
Do you have any figures from 2017?
Food industry is the only one after 2010, and according to this it was only a promise
(The pictures are in the wrong order, bottom one should be on top)
And again if you do some research the vast majority of people agree that oil market fluctuations and not socialism are responsible for Venezuelas crisis
I mean, socialism sure didn't make it any better, the fact that all of chavez' social programs relied on oil for funding amplified the effects of the crash
But there's hardly anything to suggest that Venezuela would be peachy if it Chavez weren't in the picture
Nothing is peachy, but the socialist government has a lot of blame to take for choking out the economy and causing hyperinflation
*the government has a lot to blame
The fact that they're called socialist is irrelevant
Why wouldn't they be called socialists?
And just because they call themselves socialist doesn't make them socialist
They even adhere to principles of marxism-leninism, and their policies are socialist policies.
Marxism Leninism isn't socialism
There ya go
It's not merely marxism-leninism, they're officially a socialist party.
By name
Exclusively by name
By practice they're nothing but corrupt oligarchs
I can agree with that, but I think all socialist governments are like that.
Socialism is democratic, socialism is communal, socialism is not a dictatorial government doing whatever they want with the economy
Well yeah because every socialist government based itself on Russia's model
With one exception that I know of which is revolutionary Catalonia
But that was overrun by fascists in the Spanish civil war so
I agree with that but so what's your idea of socialism and having a socialist government?
I, along with anyone who's not some sort of Stalin apologist, would probably support a purely democratic government and an economy that is truly owned and operated by the workers
And how would it be owned and operated by workers?
Well one was is Syndicalism, it's like a republic flipped upside down
Representatives don't represent, they take orders
Way is*