> He is a communist thug in the mold of Castro, who is the worst sort of > communist thug- a dictator posing as a populist. > > By dictator you mean a democratically elected leader.
Castro is apparently very popular in Cuba. Mao was very popular in China. Some people in Russia actually yearn for the good ol' days with Joe Stalin. Being democratically elected hasn't prevented Chavez from trampling all over the Venezuelan constitution. > What has Chavez done? He has pushed the disintegration of private > property rights by encouraging poor people to squat on private farms > and take over the land. He has taken over the entire oil industry and > has used the money to buy off the poor. > > Let poor farmers cultivate unused land held by large land holders! > Such a terrible thing. Unused land they don't own. As I said, he has pushed the disintegration of private property rights. You like communism? It has been a clossal failure everywhere it was tried. It sucks. But hey, to each his own. > There isn't a first-world economy south of the U.S. Check out this > link for Latin American per capita GDP: > > And this doesn't have anything to do with the neo-liberal agenda > pushed by the US onto Latin America since the early 80's? And people > wonder why people like Chavez are becoming increasingly popular in > Latin America. Since the 80's? Please. In 1900 Argentina had the same GDP as the U.S. Don't try to blame the U.S. for the screwed-up policies of a series of tin-pot dictators, socialist elites, and right-wing thugs who spent the 20th century doing as much damage as they could to the economies of Latin America. I don't wonder why Chavez is popular. Many people in Latin America live in abject poverty (see above), but rather than lead Venezuela to a positive future, Chavez is leading Venezuela down a very dark road. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:171532 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
