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Unfortunately, the population accepted a gun ban back in 2012.
As long as the military continues to support the government, an armed population cannot not successfully force Maduro out. There are also many Venezuelan civilians who still support the regime. These people would presumably also have guns.
Invade and keep the oil. The Venezuelan people get to live in a decent country and whoever invaded gets rewarded. Sure the military is on maduros side because he is the one that (barely) feeds them but an organization/government that is well financially supported would have no problems changing their hearts with a little more cash on the table.. this needs to be seen as an opportunity more than it is a crisis
That takes some serious mismanagement.
Invade and keep the oil. The Venezuelan people get to live in a decent country and whoever invaded gets rewarded. Sure the military is on maduros side because he is the one that (barely) feeds them but an organization/government that is well financially supported would have no problems changing their hearts with a little more cash on the table.. this needs to be seen as an opportunity more than it is a crisis
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As long as the military continues to support the government, an armed population cannot not successfully force Maduro out. There are also many Venezuelan civilians who still support the regime. These people would presumably also have guns.
this goes against every revolution in the history books.
Or the successful ones that just lead to another autocracy?
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How is it that, no matter what, people will always find a way to blame the US? I think in this case, the country just ran itself to the ground.
Please read more about the history of US involvement in Central and South America.
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> I also see worse images of greater desperation coming from Los Angeles, San Francisco I...don't really think you do, no.
By your snipping Puerto Rico, I presume you agree with that one. Let us move then to LA. https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Typhus-Epidemic-Wor... https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-homeless-toilet... http://time.com/3681883/los-angeles-homeless-camps/ San Francisco: https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2018/02/20/san... https://townhall.com/tipsheet/alexnitzberg/2018/02/21/cesspo...
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Getting a lot of downvotes for this comment, but could someone please explain where I'm going wrong? A lot of people think the way I do, so it would be helpful to explain. A country with a bright future just a couple decades ago experienced a truly remarkable decline after a socialist was elected. I'm sure there are other factors, but surely this is going to be seen as yet another failure of socialism. Whether this i…
I think you pushed enough buttons and simplified the issues enough that people who disagreed with you downvoted you. No big deal...
venezuela is under economic attack, see http://www.socialistviewpoint.org/marapr_19/marapr_19_05.htm... that centralized planning doesnt work is just wrong :) look to walmart and amazon as examples of efficient central planning. https://www.versobooks.com/books/2822-the-people-s-republic-...
That is so intellectually dishonest, I'm actually speechless.