So I say I'm afraid of going down the history and then I do and see something about @Chel putting bbq sauce on bbq chips.
sob
VnzFinal
...and this is the perception of left-wing politics as a whole common here. The one our people outside carried with them. The one children younger than me grew up with. The view of "socialism" Venezuelans have.
I see the people who have fled, and what they think, and I fear for a country that won't come to accept progressive ideas anytime soon, all thanks to this farce, this government ran by actual thieves. Out of all the injury done to us, I fear this will last the longest to heal.
VnzP6, almostdoneIswear
The rich either lost that status or fled. The middle class, like me, went further and further into poverty. Toilet paper, soap, clothes, shoes, nevermind food and medicine. It all became a luxury. Living became a luxury. The rich in cahoots with chavismo kept their power, of course. A dictatorship sold as socialism and social justice [social justice... that shoved queer people under the rug, chavistas sending off homophobic and ableist slurs on live TV]
Venezuela P5
...and the economy tanking. Inflation going beyond the roof and (still!) going up. While he kept stealing. Using anti-capitalism messages to drive his followers to be against first world countries... All while he and his closer allies sent their families to study and vacation to these very same countries, all while he used their products, all unattainable by the poor people. Whose numbers kept growing, and growing, as the middle class got erased, the poor became poorer...
Venezuela
(gotta save that message space)
He only helped the poor as far as gaining votes, keeping followers and fomenting violence against the opposition was involved. His free educational programs full of his political propaganda, the private companies he expropriated filled with his [mostly less than qualified...] followers, opposition voters [heh, "secret" voting...] fired unceremoniously. People who can barely fend for themselves who stood against him having their business shut down...
Coffee-drinking, queer (pan, enby), latinx third world dork. Loves cats, dogs, video games and cute anime people.