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August 24, 2007

Venezuela Under Chavez: Totalitarianism Meets Anarchy

An irony of moonbattery is the close relationship between totalitarianism (ubiqitous government) and anarchy (absence of government), polar opposites that bleed into each other. For example, the sort of unwashed hooligans who stage riots at WTO meetings often refer to themselves as anarchists — yet to the extent they have any coherent ideology, it most closely resembles Stalinism. Another example is the authoritarian regime of Hugo Chavez. The more he tightens his grip on power, the more Venezuela dissolves into anarchy.

The streets of Venezuela are out of control — and according to the Financial Times, the economy may soon be as well:

President Hugo Chávez's tightening grip over Venezuela's economy is generating distortions that economists fear could, paradoxically, eventually lead to a loss of control.
Price controls, currency controls and negative real interest rates are just some of the elements that have contributed to one of the highest rates of inflation in the world and a substantially overvalued exchange rate.

The economy is ever more dependent on the high price of oil. If that falls, so will Venezuela — into economic chaos.

If things get bad enough, they could always try freedom. It works for America,

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Where totalitarianism meets anarchy.

Posted by Van Helsing at August 24, 2007 7:13 AM

Comments

Posted by: V the K at August 24, 2007 8:16 AM

Venezuelans are feeling the heat. They are finally waking up to what Chavez is up to.

Most of the petition is in spanish, but I can read it well enough to know they are shitting a brick.

http://www.petitiononline.com/Rechazo/petition.html

Babelfish translation:
To: ALL the VENEZUELANS the objective that persecutes Hugo Chávez with its proposal to modify the National Constitution is to turn to Venezuela a socialist State, like a first step to implant a communist regime copied of which it exists in Cuba, which is as well I trace of that it existed in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. All the modifications that propose have like purpose of introducing in the Constitution the instruments and tools that will allow him to advance, as it says the proposal specifically to it, towards the construction of the socialist State. Those instruments and/or tools are fundamentally the following ones: 1) the restoration of a regime of life presidency like which it exists in Cuba, by means of the extension, of six to seven years, the mandate of the president and the implantation of the continued re-election, that really is not another thing that the perpetuación of the tyrant in the power that as much condemned Simón Bolivar. 2) the consolidation of the absolute control of all the scopes of the national life and the extension and deepening of the concentration of the power of absolute way. We invited to in line show your rejection to you to the proposals of modification of the Constitution adhering to this request. Your company/signature means that you reject the pretension of Chávez fully to be perpetuated in the power and you are against to the transformation of the Venezuelan State in a socialist State with all the consequences that it implies for the liberties and fundamental rights of all the Venezuelans. Sincerely, The Undersigned

Posted by: Anonymous at August 24, 2007 9:35 AM

Left-Wing Think Tank Endorses Mugabe Policies for Deadbeat Homeowners. Short version: People who took out mortgages and then couldn't pay them should have their homes confiscated from the mortgage company and given to them by an act of Congress.

Posted by: V the K at August 24, 2007 9:37 AM

If Hugo Chavez is shot wearing a red shirt you wont see alot of blood.

Posted by: Anonymous at August 24, 2007 9:41 AM

If Chavez is shot at, lets hope he's wearing his brown pants.

Posted by: phil at August 24, 2007 10:20 AM

Another dream of "benevolent dictatorship" goes down in flames. How the left can be so adoring of these goons is beyond me. Chavez is acting true to form and he has the mighty petro dollars to sustain him. Soon, he will have to kill "insurgents" in the street to "protect" the people. And everything that happens will be because our president didn't sit down and talk with him.

Before it is too late, we must send Jimmy Carter, Madeline Albright, John Kerry, Sean Penn, Bill Richardson and Dr. Phil down there for a pow-wow. After all, Chavez is providing heating oil for those poor souls that are neglected by our own government. Maybe he can get us out of Iraq, fix our bridges, cure our acne, eliminate trans-fats, open meaningful dialogue with the jihaddists, and teach us to sing in perfect harmony.

Posted by: Heliotrope at August 24, 2007 10:59 AM

Fans of the CBS show JERICHO sent 25 tons of peanuts to CBS offices to save that show. How about everyone send a turd in an airtight container to Chavez's presidential palace or whatever he calls it. Bury this shithead in shit.

Posted by: Anonymous at August 24, 2007 11:32 AM

Prison guards in Britain will now begin knocking before entering the cell of a prisoner in order to foster dignity and show respect.

Posted by: Panday at August 24, 2007 1:30 PM

Panday;
They used to do that in the old days too, but it was kind of diffrent. THEN the guard would rap on the bars with his club and call out "Stand away from the door and face the wall!". Of course, THEN they were concerned about attacks on the prison staff.

Posted by: KHarn at August 25, 2007 8:01 AM