In our babbling brook of bullshit, the mainstream media, we hear a lot about the plight of the people of Venezuela, mass migration out of the country to escape dire poverty and deprivation, they spout the usual drivel about the collapse of the economy, hyper inflation, and put it down to the failure of socialism/communism. Though most socialists will agree that Venezuela was not a socialist country.
Never once will they mention the true cause of the plight of the Venezuelan people to the deliberate policy of the US, in conjunction with Saudi Arabia. The US can't hear the word socialism without jumping in with the boot, as such a system would ruin the ability of the grossly over rich parasites from continuing to exploit the world, its people and its resources.
The root cause of the collapse of the Venezuelan economy was the deliberate strategy of the US and Saudi Arabia to flood the market with cheap oil forcing the price from $110 a barrel, down to $28 a barrel, pulling the plug from the pool of rich oil resources with which Venezuela was developing the country. The US hypocrites will of course pretend to be the benefactor by organising a totally inadequate supply of food aid to the migrating millions.
The unbelievable misery foisted on the people of Venezuela is of no consequence to the power mongers of the "free market", any price will be paid to safeguard their privileged position, their wealth and their power. The problems of the people of Venezuela are not internal problems, it is punishment for their failure to pay homage the corporate moguls of the free market. Hoist the flag of socialism and you will feel the wrath of the corporate moguls aided and abetted by their minders, the US state, its allies and puppets.
The political and economic crisis facing Venezuela is being endlessly
pointed to as proof of the superiority of the free market.
Images and portrayals of Venezuelans
rioting in the streets over high food costs, empty grocery stores,
medicine shortages, and overflowing garbage bins are the headlines, and
the reporting points to socialism as the cause.
Indeed, corporate-owned, mainstream media advises Americans to look at the inflation and food lines in Venezuela, and then repeat to themselves clichés they heard in elementary school about how “Communism just doesn’t work.”
In reality, millions of Venezuelans
have seen their living conditions vastly improved through the Bolivarian
process. The problems plaguing the Venezuelan economy are not due to
some inherent fault in socialism, but to artificially low oil prices and
sabotage by forces hostile to the revolution.
Starting in 2014, the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia flooded the market with cheap oil. This is not a mere
business decision, but a calculated move coordinated with U.S. and
Israeli foreign policy goals. Despite not just losing money, but even
falling deep into debt, the Saudi monarchy continues to expand its oil
production apparatus. The result has been driving the price of oil down
from $110 per barrel, to $28 in the early months of this year.
The goal is to weaken these opponents of Wall Street, London, and Tel
Aviv, whose economies are centered around oil and natural gas exports. And Venezuela is one of those
countries. Saudi efforts to drive down oil prices have drastically
reduced Venezuela’s state budget and led to enormous consequences for
the Venezuelan economy.
At the same time, private food processing and importing corporations have launched a coordinated campaign of sabotage.
This, coupled with the weakening of a vitally important state sector of
the economy, has resulted in inflation and food shortages. The
artificially low oil prices have left the Venezuelan state cash-starved,
prompting a crisis in the funding of the social programs that were key
to strengthening the United Socialist Party.-----
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