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Offline Joe Wooten

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Remember all those left-wing pundits who drooled over Venezuela?
« on: August 02, 2017, 04:38:55 pm »
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-kirchick-venezuela-pundits-20170802-story.html

Ouch! I wonder if Naomi Klein felt that kick in her ass?????
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Re: Remember all those left-wing pundits who drooled over Venezuela?
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2017, 05:18:50 pm »
Klein was right at the time though - for the wrong reasons.

Sometimes a dictator works out for a country. It's rare, but there are precedents. The problem happens when he's inevitably replaced by someone with the same amount of power but not the same vision.
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Re: Remember all those left-wing pundits who drooled over Venezuela?
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2017, 05:23:52 pm »
They still drool.  They just blame the US and claim they are undermining the "Peoples' Government".
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Re: Remember all those left-wing pundits who drooled over Venezuela?
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2017, 06:25:59 pm »
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In the age of Trump, Brexit and a wider backlash against globalization, left-wing economic populists are enjoying a resurgence in mainstream credibility by railing against free trade and “neoliberals.” This is a scandal.

Exactly.

But oh, Trump's Central Economy will be so much better than the Kremlin's, or Venuzuela's, or Greece's.

The tariffs will be yuge!
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