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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...