Venezuela Reminds Us That Socialism Frequently Leads to Dictatorship

[Madmallard]

On March 29, the Supreme Court of Venezuela dissolved the country's elected legislature, allowing Venezuela's top court to write future laws. The court is filled with allies of Venezuela's socialist president, Nicolas Maduro, while the legislature is dominated by Maduro's opponents, and the court's ruling was seen as the latest step on Venezuela's descent into a full-fledged dictatorship. But following international outcry—as well as the appearance of cracks within Maduro's own party—the court reversed itself just a few days later, on April 1.

Thus, the uneasy standoff between Venezeula's legislature and executive is set to continue. Last week's episode is only the latest reminder of the tendency of socialism to lead to dictatorship, as identified by the Nobel Prize-winning economist Friedrich Hayek in The Road to Serfdom.

Venezuela Reminds Us That Socialism Frequently Leads to Dictatorship

 

[Calculon]

But Bernie says it ain't so! They just haven't done socialism right yet. It could never happen here.

SMH sadly

 

[prambo]

Some socialists point to Sweden and Germany as functional socialist states without signs of totalitarianism.

How about now boys and girls? Refugees in who won't and can't assimilate, they riot, rape, burn etc., and who gets the .GOV screws applied to them? The native victimized populace. That's a dictatorship of a minority from outside imposed by a socialist government.

 

[Deplorable Me]

NY currently has a Dicktator.