| the-pi-guy said: 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpzvaqypav8 4. Venezuela is very different from what is being pushed for. |
3 Not a John Oliver fan. I might watch it. (edit: Watched half the video. Seems to confirm my statement - the government is very bad at keeping up with infrastructure.Now let's compare the infrastructure government is responsible for - roads, dams, bridges, to the infrastructure private business is responsible for electricity, telecommunications, etc. Which is fairing better? Every year new cell towers are put in for faster wireless internet speeds. The U.S electric grid is probably the best in the world for a country its size. Government is better at what? )
4. He specifically mentioned a "command" economy, which is exactly what Venezuela transitioned to in the late 90's. As for whether or not Venezuela is what Bernie espouses, for almost a decade the Democratic Socialist party of America showed Venezuela as an accomplished democratic socialist country. It wasn't until the economy went down the gutter that they denounced it and Hugo Chavez (calling him a dictator even though he was democratically elected.)
