04.11.2007 19:45 +Feedback
Libertad y Capitalismo
David Paulin erklärt im FrontpageMag, warum in Venezuela nicht nur die Studenten gegen den Sozialismus des 21. Jahrhunderts protestieren, sondern Tausende von illegalen Marktteilnehmern jeden Tag: Hugo’s “Socialist” Folly
“Chavez no longer commands the popularity he did. Massive street protests are common. But whether they’re for Chavez or against him, Venezuelans over the past four years have fervently engaged in another kind of protest, one that has attracted much less media attention than massive street demonstrations. Whenever they can, they’re circumventing two of the cornerstones of Chavez’s command-and-control economy – draconian currency exchange and price controls.
The controls underscore an old joke about socialist states: they offer socialism for the masses, and capitalism for the classes. Like Cuba’s dollar-based tourism economy, Venezuela’s has a parallel economy because of the controls. Rather than delivering Bolivarian social justice, they’re making the rich, richer – and poor, poorer. They’re also producing “periodic” food shortages that mainly affect the poor.”
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