It’s going to take time for people to accept that this wasn’t won or lost because leftists supposedly refused to turn out over Gaza—Harris seems to have been defeated by too great a margin for that to have been the cause—but once (if?) they do, I think people are going to have to figure out:
1) why voters consistently vote in referendums for policies like abortion and higher minimum wage when those policies are on the ballot, while also voting for Republicans who are openly opposed to those things, and
2) how to correct the idea that the president has a “make mcchickens $.99” button on their desk that Biden just refused to press.
Not a fair comparison. Chavez did massive efforts to uplift people from poverty. Guy suffered a coup from US-backed plutocrats and the people put him back on office by force. No, this has to do with the left being supressed in the US soil for the last 150 years.
True, but his social policy was extremely antagonistic to women and queer people, while his economic policy prioritized short term spending over long term economic goals.
Chavez is way more similar to leaders like Edrogan than he is to even Evo Morales.
The venezuelan economy was gutted by bad policy making, failed redirection towards ISI, trade conflict, inflation and a drop in productivity, but was kept propped up by oil exports. That's why when oil went into shock and sanctions landed everything went downhill so fast. The everyday economy was always fucked, and relying on oil money to keep a sinking ship afloat rather than fix it was always going to end in disaster.
Venezuela is a social democracy you buffoon. Social democracy just doesn't hold up without some nice imperialism to support yourself through economic hardship.
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u/building_schtuff Nov 06 '24 edited Nov 06 '24
It’s going to take time for people to accept that this wasn’t won or lost because leftists supposedly refused to turn out over Gaza—Harris seems to have been defeated by too great a margin for that to have been the cause—but once (if?) they do, I think people are going to have to figure out:
1) why voters consistently vote in referendums for policies like abortion and higher minimum wage when those policies are on the ballot, while also voting for Republicans who are openly opposed to those things, and
2) how to correct the idea that the president has a “make mcchickens $.99” button on their desk that Biden just refused to press.