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acai 馃毥馃悋
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or they just sucked at implementing socialism, besides the fact that it's a country that has been under the severest sanctions and constant coup attempts orchestrated by the most powerful country in the world
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Chainleft
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I dunno, Chavez did it pretty well overall. I actually visited the country, and he implemented great communal practices and upskill initiatives in poor neighborhoods. Despite assassination & coup attempts, despite US-funded paramilitia, they were still doing OKish until he was gone. Maduro had the same challenges but he played into US's hands a lot with his authoritarian practices IMHO.
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Ray F. 馃帺
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You could say we were doing okay, but things were never truly good. The problem is when things go bad year after year, it eventually creates a snowball effect. Maduro accelerated the decline, but it all started during Ch谩vez's presidency.
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Chainleft
@chainleft
I mean if you're a capitalist, sure. But I'll take data + poor people's anectodes over other anectodes as truth.
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Ray F. 馃帺
@cryptowenmoon.eth
Is that data from the government? You need to take what they say with a pinch of salt. They always say things are good and perfect when it's not. If you compare today's Venezuela with Chavez's Venezuela, then yes. Those were the golden days.
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Chainleft
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Data is from Central Bank + Institute of Statistics & Census (INEC); used, aggregated and visualized by independent institituons like CEPR. If these institutions trust the data, I trust it too. Especially more than online anectodal posts. Especially when I saw the change with my own eyes too.
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