Saudi Arabia was the cause of the low oil prices. And, of course, it and its allies in the region are under extensive support of the United States and their various state-to-state welfare programs - military aid, economic aid, etc.

It is, you just need millions from rich capitalist bankers pouring in first

Then it'll work approx 100 years

All the while continuously backing it with money

how much economic aid did Saudia get in 2017?

In addition to the various oil price shenanigans, much of the Venezuelan state assets and various other aspects of their economy has been placed under sanctions ever since Obama administration, preventing them from partaking in normal, functioning global economy

and what % of gdp of Venezuela spending on defense anyway, it's definitely less than them

the same tactic which has been so devastatingly applied to DPRK

since 2012 at least

Iran has survived the sanctions, doesn't become Venezuela

Iran's economy is in a downwards spiral

not really m8

they fine

So the only way these Socialistic societies can properly survive....*is if they partake in the system they vow to destroy*

It's just the same marxist principle on a bigger magnitude

The rope

Of the capitalists

Is their own money

the only way Socialist Societies can exist is if we were all Robots and were infected by the Communist Virus all at the same Time

Socialism is like a cancer

up to 700,000 Afghans have left Iran to return to *Afghanistan* because the economy is becoming so awful there. *Returning to Afghanistan.* Instead of staying. That says a lot.

they don't get their Welfare

they're employing more Natives

same thing with Indian workers in Qatar

are people really arguing the tired "socialism doesn't work" tripe?

*RETURNING TO INDIA*

B-O-R-I-N-G

From Qatar

> So the only way these Socialistic societies can properly survive....is if they partake in the system they vow to destroy

in a world where there is no socialist society other than your own, I don't really see another way

autarky is supposed to be a good innit

i feel like most socialists have taken note of this and acknowledge that they first need to build wealth

damn y'all fail on every front?

autarky isn't sensible in any aspect

20th century was the golden opportunity, but the revolution did not last. Unfortunately it will be much harder this time

well... basic autarky is i guess

Socialists just stahp

>Euro-American

you're a mutt, shut up

20th century was probably the worst chapter in Socialism

Strasser was your golden opportunity

He said it was the golden opportunity

Yugoslavia was funded by the west and that was the only reason it worked