Hugo Chavez continues to tighten his grip on Venezuela as he moves his country toward dictatorial misery. Like his left wing counterparts in the U.S., (see: Windfall Profits, Rent Control etc.) he believes he can repeal the laws of supply and demand through sheer will. We would all be better off if he would try that with the laws of gravity:
"Under one of the new laws, food retailers or distributors caught skirting government-imposed price controls or hoarding products will be punished with up to six years in prison.Business owners who refuse to produce, import, transport or sell "items of basic necessity" can face up to 10 years in jail.
The decree allows the government to "restrict or prohibit the import, export, distribution, exchange or sale" of certain foods or agricultural products and "take over distribution activities when considered necessary."
He's also forming what will undoubtedly be a Stasi like civilian spy network that will report counter revolutionary activities to the government.
"Critics also raised concerns about a decree that creates a new National Bolivarian Militia _ a branch of the military consisting of civilian volunteers who will help neighborhood-based "communal councils" establish "defense committees."
Socialism and Communism can only be implemented through the threat or use of force. Whether it's in Europe, Venezuela, Cuba or the U.S., the differences are only a matter of the degree to which it is used. It seeks to deny and suppress human nature and individual dignity in order to advance government power disguised as "justice". In short, any philosophy or policy that subjugates individual rights for the "common good" is immoral. It's slavery, plain and simple.
These new laws in Venezuela say that individuals must relinquish private property whether they want to or not at a price dictated by by the government. Their property and lives now belong to the collective, which is the state.
What's striking is the insanity and stupidity of this secular religion's adherents who continue to sing its praises despite a long history of abject failure and injustice. The American activists, Hollytards and politicians who support Chavez show us what useful idiots they are every time they open their mouths. They deserve our ridicule and contempt.
Venezuela will now see even more capital, investment and people flee for friendlier confines. There's a reason no one's allowed to leave Cuba and North Korea. Although I suspect Chavez will just turn Venezuela into the next Zimbabwe.
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