"The lies peddled about Venezuela’s past make US aggression against it possible in the present. It is worth summing up some of these key lies: Venezuela was once prosperous and ruined by socialism. In fact, Venezuela was an unequal country in which most people were poor despite the country’s oil wealth, which had generated huge export revenues since the 1920s. Venezuela was a democracy before Chavismo. In fact, Venezuela’s democracy was a gravely flawed system in which politicians alternated holding power according to an undemocratic agreement, and rammed austerity down the throats of Venezuela’s poor by committing massacres, such as the Caracazo...Chávez... came to power through an election in 1998, and afterward made changes through extensive democratic processes."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
The Media Myth of ‘Once Prosperous’ and Democratic Venezuela Before Chávez, Joe Emersberger and Justin Podur, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), (26 August 2021)
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Democratic_socialism
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Democratic socialism
54 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Democratic socialism →
Related Quotes
"There is only one hope for mankind — and that is democratic Socialism."
"Democratic Socialism is not a middle way between capitalism and Communism. If it were merely that, it would be doomed…"
"A Gallup poll this month found that Democrats are warming up to the idea of socialism — or at least to the word. Whil…"
"Capitalism produces beasts, socialism produces men."
"It is really impressive what a filthy system capitalism is, that can't guarantee its own people employment, nor healt…"
"Capitalism is the way of the devil and exploitation, of the kind of misery and inequality that destroys social values…"
"Capitalism can not be transcended through capitalism itself; it must be done through socialism, true socialism, with …"
"Democratic socialist Bernie Sanders received the most votes in the first three primary elections. After centrist Joe …"
"The law itself is the instrument of the ruling class; hence it is a logical impossibility for another class to assume…"
"Trump’s dig on socialism means he’s scared, Ocasio-Cortez said... What really scares the pro-plutocrats on both sides…"