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President Hugo Chavez on Saturday ordered troops to temporarily seize control of all Venezuelan rice processing plants to ensure they produce at full capacity amid soaring inflation and persisting reports of food shortages.
Communist rhetoric never changes, likewise, results of too much governmental interference in free markets always results in the same outcomes, when will we ever learn???
“All socialism involves slavery.... That which fundamentally distinguishes the slave is that he labors under coercion to satisfy another’s desires. The relation admits of many gradations. Oppressive taxation is a form of slavery of the individual to the community as a whole. The essential question is - How much is he compelled to labor for benefit other than his own, and how much can he labor for his own benefit?” -Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) British Author, economist, philosopher. Source: The Man Versus the State - 1884
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.” - Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin had a conference of Soviet Leaders at the Kremlin in the mid 1930's. In a cage at the end of the conference table was a single chicken, and none of the other leaders could imagine the point the eccentric, all powerful Stalin was trying to make. After keeping his senior leaders waiting for his arrival the "Man of Steel" Stalin had a quick announcement: "Comrades, I am going to give a demonstration of how to treat the Russian People." With that, Stalin went to the cage and plucked the bird clean while it was alive. The bird hysterically squealed and squirmed as Stalin plucked its feathers away and let them fall to the floor. He began a tirade of complaints against each of his ministers as he did this which left each man scared to death for his own survival. The leaders could not believe their eyes although none of them were strangers to cruelty, that the bird could long survive this. Once plucked, Stalin released the bloodied, fear ridden animal, reached into his greatcoat and threw a few kernels of corn on the floor that the bird slowly and quietly ate at the feet of its torturer. Stalin proceeded to the rest of his demands of his leaders. Frequently he stood and paced as he walked describing which food rations would be cut, the number of people who were to be arrested in his purges, and the instructions how they were to be slaughtered, tortured, or merely sent to Siberia to be worked to death. As he walked, following him closely was the chicken. The message was clear. Strip people of all health, prosperity, security, humanity and keep them fearful, and they will follow you.
One of the first things that Hugo did after nationalizing the oil companies was to replace their staff with his own completely inexperienced political cronies. Things finally got so bad that he went and hired Iranians and Arabs to run the company.
He has also turned over a lot of the productive land, particularly on large cattle ranches, to peasant coops that have not the first idea about agricultural production.
What happens when socialism takes over the Sahara?
Answer: Nothing for 70 years, then there is a shortage of sand.
Last white farmer should leave Zimbabwe.
Nothing like cutting off your nose to spite your face, Zimbabe which used to be the breadbasket of Africa, can now no longer even import enough food to feed it's people, but racist communism must go on!!
Look for Kenya to soon follow the same path since Obama's pal has gotten his foot in the door, he will murder and use mass violence to gain his way to absolute power, if history is any indicator.
Communist rhetoric never changes, likewise, results of too much governmental interference in free markets always results in the same outcomes, when will we ever learn???
“All socialism involves slavery.... That which fundamentally distinguishes the slave is that he labors under coercion to satisfy another’s desires. The relation admits of many gradations. Oppressive taxation is a form of slavery of the individual to the community as a whole. The essential question is - How much is he compelled to labor for benefit other than his own, and how much can he labor for his own benefit?” -Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) British Author, economist, philosopher. Source: The Man Versus the State - 1884
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.” - Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin had a conference of Soviet Leaders at the Kremlin in the mid 1930's. In a cage at the end of the conference table was a single chicken, and none of the other leaders could imagine the point the eccentric, all powerful Stalin was trying to make. After keeping his senior leaders waiting for his arrival the "Man of Steel" Stalin had a quick announcement: "Comrades, I am going to give a demonstration of how to treat the Russian People." With that, Stalin went to the cage and plucked the bird clean while it was alive. The bird hysterically squealed and squirmed as Stalin plucked its feathers away and let them fall to the floor. He began a tirade of complaints against each of his ministers as he did this which left each man scared to death for his own survival. The leaders could not believe their eyes although none of them were strangers to cruelty, that the bird could long survive this. Once plucked, Stalin released the bloodied, fear ridden animal, reached into his greatcoat and threw a few kernels of corn on the floor that the bird slowly and quietly ate at the feet of its torturer. Stalin proceeded to the rest of his demands of his leaders. Frequently he stood and paced as he walked describing which food rations would be cut, the number of people who were to be arrested in his purges, and the instructions how they were to be slaughtered, tortured, or merely sent to Siberia to be worked to death. As he walked, following him closely was the chicken. The message was clear. Strip people of all health, prosperity, security, humanity and keep them fearful, and they will follow you.
One of the first things that Hugo did after nationalizing the oil companies was to replace their staff with his own completely inexperienced political cronies. Things finally got so bad that he went and hired Iranians and Arabs to run the company.
He has also turned over a lot of the productive land, particularly on large cattle ranches, to peasant coops that have not the first idea about agricultural production.
What happens when socialism takes over the Sahara?
Answer: Nothing for 70 years, then there is a shortage of sand.
Last white farmer should leave Zimbabwe.
Nothing like cutting off your nose to spite your face, Zimbabe which used to be the breadbasket of Africa, can now no longer even import enough food to feed it's people, but racist communism must go on!!
Look for Kenya to soon follow the same path since Obama's pal has gotten his foot in the door, he will murder and use mass violence to gain his way to absolute power, if history is any indicator.
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